Pulmonary carcinosarcoma: Immunohistochemical and ultrastructural studies

Pathology International

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 903-908

  Haraguchi, Shuji ^a   Fukuda, Yuh ^a   Sugisaki, Yuichi ^a   Yamanaka, Nobuaki ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chondrosarcoma; Pulmonary carcinosarcoma; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN S 100;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHONDROSARCOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DESMOSOME; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG CARCINOMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TONOFILAMENT; TUMOR CELL;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CARCINOSARCOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032702714     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.1999.00964.x     Document Type: Article

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