Value of electron microscopy and immunohistochemistry in the diagnosis of soft tissue tumors

Ultrastructural Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 141-146

  Kandel, Rita ^a   Bedard, Yvan C ^a   Fan, Qin He ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Immunohistochemistry; Sarcoma; Soft tissue tumors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR;

EID: 0031833985     PISSN: 01913123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01913129809032269     Document Type: Article

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