Gastrointestinal autonomic nerve tumors. Diagnostic therapeutic and prognostic problems;Tumori del canale digerente derivati dal sistema nervoso autonomo. Problematiche diagnostiche terapeutiche e prognostiche

Annali Italiani di Chirurgia

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 677-684

  Rea, T ^a   Di Rienzo, M ^a   Angelucci, D ^b   Tauro, A ^a   Sigismondi, G ^a   Strassera, R ^a   Picardi, N ^a   Musiani, Piero ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b Istituto di Anatomia Patologica   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal autonomic nerve tumors (GANTs); Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs)

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM TUMOR; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; PANCREAS TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; STOMACH TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AUTONOMIC PATHWAYS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034331197     PISSN: 2239253X     EISSN: 2239253X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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