Evidence for the neoplastic transformation of Von-Meyenburg complexes

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1131-1139

  Jain, Dhanpat ^a   Sarode, Venetia R ^b   Abdul Karim, Fadi W ^b   Homer, Robert ^a   Robert, Marie E ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholangiocarcinoma; Liver; Microhamartoma; Von Meyenburg complex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; RELAPSING POLYCHONDRITIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0033852684     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200008000-00011     Document Type: Article

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