Myofibroblastoma of Breast - An Appraisal of Cytoskeletal Phenotypes

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 315-321

  Joshi, Megha G ^a,b   Duva Frissora, Audrey ^a   Skidmore, Roy ^a   Lemaitre, George ^a   Fardi, Manoucher ^a  

^a Holy Fam Hosp and Medical Center   (United States)

^b Holy Family Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast; Changing clinical presentation; Cytoskeletal; Myofibroblastoma; Phenotypes

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; DESMIN; VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CYTOSKELETON; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MUSCLE TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACTINS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS, MALE; CYTOSKELETON; DESMIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; NEOPLASMS, MUSCLE TISSUE; PHENOTYPE; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0032110462     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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