Pathology of tumors of the peripheral nerve sheath in type 1 neurofibromatosis

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Seminars in Medical Genetics

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-30

  Woodruff, James M ^a,b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor; Neurofibroma; Neurofibrosarcoma; NF1; Plexiform neurofibroma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; METASTASIS; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NEUROFIBROMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TUMOR; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR;

EID: 0033605452     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8628(19990326)89:1<23::aid-ajmg6>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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