Keratin-positive Ewing's sarcoma: An ultrastructural study of 12 cases

International Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-50

  Srivastava, Amitabh ^a   Rosenberg, Andrew E ^c   Selig, Martin ^c   Rubin, Brian P ^b   Nielsen, G Petur ^c  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Ewing's sarcoma; Keratin; Peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumor; PNET; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; KERATIN; PANKERATIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL JUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; EWING SARCOMA; FEMALE; GOLGI COMPLEX; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROFILAMENT; MITOCHONDRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RIBOSOME; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SCHOOL CHILD; TONOFILAMENT; TUMOR CELL;

EID: 13544273527     PISSN: 10668969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106689690501300106     Document Type: Article

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