Piecemeal degranulation in human tumour pheochromocytes

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-53

  Crivellato, Enrico ^a   Finato, Nicoletta ^a   Ribatti, Domenico ^b   Beltrami, Carlo Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cell secretion; Chromaffin granules; Pheochromocytoma; Piecemeal degranulation; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL MEDULLA TUMOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL DENSITY; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SECRETION; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; CELL SWELLING; CELL VACUOLE; CHROMAFFIN CELL; CHROMAFFIN GRANULE; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSOL; DEGRANULATION; ELECTRON; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOLECULAR MODEL; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TUMOR CELL;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; CELL DEGRANULATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CHROMAFFIN GRANULES; CYTOPLASM; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA;

EID: 14044252221     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-8782.2005.00365.x     Document Type: Article

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