Histopathological grading and clinical features of patients with mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the salivary glands

Journal of Otolaryngology of Japan

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 192-198

  Monoo, Katsumi ^a   Sageshima, Masato ^a   Ito, Eiko ^a   Nishihira, Shigeki ^a   Ishikawa, Kazuo ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Histopathological grading; Mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC); Salivary gland

Indexed keywords

ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GENDER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MINOR SALIVA GLAND; ONSET AGE; PAROTID GLAND; SALIVARY GLAND CARCINOMA; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND;

EID: 0037254883     PISSN: 00306622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3950/jibiinkoka.106.192     Document Type: Article

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