Feasibility of the new WHO classification of pulmonary neuroendocrine tumours

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 132, Issue 37-38, 2002, Pages 535-540

  Younossian, Alain B ^a   Bründler, Marie Ann ^a   Tötsch, Martin ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Pulmonary neuroendocrine tumours; WHO classification

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CARCINOID; CELL TYPE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MITOSIS; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHORT SURVEY; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0037069169     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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