Benign metastasizing leiomyomatosis: Case report and review

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 473-476

  Goyle, Krishan K ^a   Moore Jr , Dennis F ^a   Garrett, Christine ^a   Goyle, Vimal ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Benign metastasizing leiomyomatosis (BML); C kit (CD117); Uterine leiomyoma

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; IMATINIB; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN METASTASIZING LEIOMYOMATOSIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOGENETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOMATOSIS; LUNG METASTASIS; MITOSIS RATE; NEGRO; OPEN LUNG BIOPSY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LEIOMYOMATOSIS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0141960973     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.coc.0000037737.78080.E3     Document Type: Article

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