Aggressive angiomyxoma of the female genital tract: A clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical study of 12 cases

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 140-145

  Amezcua, C A ^a   Begley, S J ^a   Mata, N ^a   Felix, J C ^a   Ballard, Charles A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggressive angiomyxoma; CD44; Desmin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; DESMIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; HERMES ANTIGEN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSIVE ANGIOMYXOMA; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MYXOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; VULVA TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD44; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; MYXOMA; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 13244271341     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1048-891x.2005.15015.x     Document Type: Article

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