Rhabdomyosarcoma presenting as acute hematologic malignancy: Case report and review of the literature

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Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 408-412

  Ambrosiani, Luciana ^a   Bellone, Stefano ^a   Betto, Francesco Saverio ^a   Cecchetti, Giuseppe ^a   Ceretti, Ermanno ^a   Dagani, Regina ^a   Morelli, Alfredo ^a   Pavia, Gianfranco ^a   Schiaffino, Eugenio ^b   Tavani, Enrico ^a   Vismara, Alessandro ^a  

^a RHO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SAN CARLO BORROMEO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

bone marrow; disseminated intravascular coagulation; immunohistochemistry; rhabdomyosarcoma

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; DESMIN; MYOGLOBIN;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA;

EID: 10244279147     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089169608200424     Document Type: Article

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