Hepatoblastoma with cholangioblastic features ('cholangioblastic hepatoblastoma') and other liver tumors with bimodal differentiation in young patients

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 487-491

  Zimmermann, Arthur ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bimodal liver tumors; Cholangioblastic hepatoblastoma; Ductal plate tumors; Hepatoblastoma; Liver tumors

Indexed keywords

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHOLANGIOBLASTIC HEPATOBLASTOMA; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER TUMOR; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOMA, BILE DUCT; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0036836622     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpo.10173     Document Type: Conference Paper

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