Reproducibility of neuroendocrine lung tumor classification

Human Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 272-279

  Travis, William D ^a   Gal, Anthony A ^b   Colby, Thomas V ^b   Klimstra, David S ^b   Falk, Roni ^b   Koss, Michael N ^b  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Atypical carcinoid; Carcinoid; Large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma; Lung; Neuroendocrine; Reproducibility; Small cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MITOSIS RATE; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; REPRODUCIBILITY; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

EID: 0031940181     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0046-8177(98)90047-8     Document Type: Article

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