Placental site nodules and plaques: A clinico pathological and immunohistochemical study of 25 cases with ultrastructural findings

Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 328-336

  Santos, Leonardo D ^a,b   Fernando, Sujatha S E ^a   Yong, James L C ^a   Killingsworth, Murray C ^a   Wu, Xiao Juan ^a   Kennerson, Alan R ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b S Western Area Pathology Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

34 E12; CAM 5.2; Electron microscopy; Immunohistochemistry; Intermediate trophoblast; Low and high molecular weight cytokeratin; Placental site nodules and plaques

Indexed keywords

VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CURETTAGE; CYTOPLASM; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MENORRHAGIA; MYOMETRIUM; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PLACENTA DISORDER; PREGNANCY; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; TROPHOBLAST; UTERINE ENDOCERVIX; UTERINE TUBE; VAGINA BLEEDING;

EID: 0033460291     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003130299104684     Document Type: Article

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