Cellular heterogeneity of granular cell tumours: A clue to their nature?

Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 284-290

  Maiorano, Eugenio ^a,d   Favia, Gianfranco ^a   Napoli, Anna ^a   Resta, Leonardo ^a   Ricco, Rosalia ^a   Viale, Giuseppe ^b   Altini, Mario ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d Policlinico   (Italy)

Author keywords

CD34; Granular cell tumours; Immunohistochemistry; Peripheral nerve sheath tumours; Soft tissue tumours

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALPHA 1 ANTICHYMOTRYPSIN; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD57 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN, HUMAN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DIFFERENTIATION ANTIGEN; ENOLASE; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; DENDRITE; FEMALE; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE; PATHOLOGY; SCHWANN CELL;

ADULT; AGED; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALPHA 1-ANTICHYMOTRYPSIN; ALPHA 1-ANTITRYPSIN; ANTIGENS; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD34; ANTIGENS, CD57; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, MYELOMONOCYTIC; DENDRITES; FEMALE; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELOID CELLS; NEURILEMMA; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; S100 PROTEINS; SCHWANN CELLS; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0034095832     PISSN: 09042512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0714.2000.290608.x     Document Type: Article

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