Malignant epithelioid renal angiomyolipoma in a case of tuberous sclerosis with multiple organ involvement

Contributions to Nephrology

Volumn 136, Issue , 2001, Pages 299-305

  Menè, Paolo ^a,b   Festuccia, Francescaromana ^a   Polci, Rosaria ^a   Faraggiana, Tullio ^a   Gualdi, Gianfranco ^a   Cinotti, Giulio Alberto ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

EID: 0035537972     PISSN: 03025144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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