Small-cell carcinoma of the gallbladder: Report of a case

Surgery Today

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 89-93

  Matsuo, Shigetoshi ^a   Shinozaki, Takuo ^a   Yamaguchi, Satoshi ^a   Matsuzaki, Sumihiro ^a   Takami, Yuko ^a   Hayashi, Tomayoshi ^a   Kanematsu, Takashi ^b  

^a Nagasaki Pref Shimabara Onsen H ^*  (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gallbladder; Small cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA; GALLSTONE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER METASTASIS; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 0033983803     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00010056     Document Type: Article

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