Myofibroblastic tumours: Neoplasias with divergent behaviour. Ultrastructural and flow cytometric analysis

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 195, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 619-632

  Biselli, Roberto ^a,f   Boldrini, Renata ^b   Ferlini, Cristiano ^a   Boglino, Camillo ^c   Inserra, Alessandro ^c   Bosman, Cesare ^d,e  

^a Italian Air Force   (Italy)

^b Department of Pathology ^*  (Italy)

^c BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f DASRS   (Italy)

Author keywords

DNA content; Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour; Inflammatory pseudotumour; Myofibroblastoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER CELL; CELL POPULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON TUMOR; DNA DETERMINATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MESENTERY TUMOR; MUSCLE TUMOR; MYOFIBROBLAST; MYOFIBROBLASTOMA; NEOPLASM; ORBIT TUMOR; PLOIDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SARCOMA; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINDLE CELL; TESTIS TUMOR;

EID: 0032873353     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0344-0338(99)80127-7     Document Type: Article

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