A brief history of the pathology of the gonads

Modern Pathology

Volumn 18, Issue , 2005, Pages 3-17

  Young, Robert H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Frank J Dixon; History; Maurice Chevassu; Nathan B Friedman; Ovary; Testis

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ANDROBLASTOMA; BRENNER TUMOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; DYSGERMINOMA; ENDOMETRIOID CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; EPITHELIUM TUMOR; GONAD; GONADOBLASTOMA; HISTORY; HUMAN; OVARY CANCER; OVARY TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PERITONEUM PSEUDOMYXOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SEMINOMA; SEX CORD TUMOR; TESTIS TUMOR; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

EUROPE; FEMALE; GONADS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; PORTRAITS; SEMINOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 13244262653     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: 15300285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.3800305     Document Type: Article

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