Adrenocortical tumor in a patient with familial adenomatous polyposis: A case associated with a complete inactivating mutation of the APC gene and unusual histological features

Human Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 302-306

  Wakatsuki, Shigeru ^b   Sasano, Hironobu ^b   Matsui, Tomoko ^b   Nagashima, Kazuo ^b   Toyota, Takayoshi ^b   Horii, Akira ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adrenal tumor; Familial adenomatous polyposis; The adenomatous polyposis coli gene

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX TUMOR; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FAMILIAL POLYPOSIS; GENE INDUCTION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PEDIGREE;

EID: 0031939902     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0046-8177(98)90052-1     Document Type: Article

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