Primary neuroendocrine carcinoma of the fallopian tube: A case report

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 568-571

  Dursun, Polat ^a,b   Salman, Mehmet Coskun ^a   Taskiran, Cagatay ^a   Usubutun, Alp ^a   Ayhan, Ali ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Neuroendocrine carcinoma; Primary fallopian tube cancer

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LAPAROTOMY; MICROSCOPY; NEUROENDOCRINE DISEASE; PERITONEAL CAVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE TUBE CARCINOMA;

EID: 1342281715     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2003.07.030     Document Type: Article

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