New onset visual disturbances in a 37-year-old female with metastatic carcinoma from unknown primary

Journal of Histotechnology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 279-281

  Lewis, Eugene H ^a   Nashid, Nadia ^b   Ludwig, Mark E ^a   Cartun, Richard W ^a  

^a HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Windham Community Memorial Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Mammary duct carcinoma; Metastatic carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG CARCINOMA; METASTASIS; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 0036937294     PISSN: 01478885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/his.2002.25.4.279     Document Type: Article

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