Myofibroblastoma of breast: Evidence favoring smooth-muscle rather than myofibroblastic differentiation

Ultrastructural Pathology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 249-257

  Eyden, B P ^a   Shanks, J H ^a   Ioachim, E ^b   Ali, H H ^c   Christensen, L ^d   Howat, A J ^e  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^c HUDDERSFIELD ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^e LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast; Lamina; Leiomyoma; Myofibroblastoma; Myofilament; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; DESMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOMA; BREAST TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MYOFIBROBLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACTINS; ANTIGENS, CD34; BREAST NEOPLASMS, MALE; CYTOPLASM; DESMIN; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOMA; MALE; MICROFILAMENTS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NEOPLASMS, MUSCLE TISSUE; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0032869309     PISSN: 01913123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/019131299281581     Document Type: Article

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