Hepatocellular carcinoma with an unusual neuroendocrine component

Pathology International

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 861-865

  Yamaguchi, Rin ^a,b   Nakashima, Osamu ^a   Ogata, Toshiro ^a   Hanada, Keiichiro ^a   Kumabe, Tsutomu ^a   Kojiro, Masamichi ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Immunohistochemistry; Liver; Neuroendocrine differentiation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CHROMOGRANIN A; HEPATOCYTE PARAFFIN 1; KI 67 ANTIGEN; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PROTEIN P53; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TUMOR MARKER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABELING INDEX; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR GROWTH;

AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CARCINOMA, NEUROENDOCRINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 11244292518     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2004.01770.x     Document Type: Article

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