Histological evidence for cell proliferation activity in cystic tumor (endodermal heterotopia) of the atrioventricular node

Pathology International

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 917-923

  Arai, Tomio ^a   Kurashima, Chieri ^b   Wada, Sachiko ^a   Chida, Kouji ^a   Ohkawa, Shin Ichiro ^c  

^a Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Atrioventricular node; Cell proliferation; Cystic tumor; Endodermal heterotopia; Histogenesis; Intra atrial atrioventricular block; So called mesothelioma

Indexed keywords

CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CHROMOGRANIN A; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; THROMBOMODULIN; VIMENTIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDODERM; FEMALE; HETEROTOPIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PR INTERVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX;

EID: 0031789797     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1998.tb03862.x     Document Type: Article

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