Alpha-fetoprotein producing pulmonary blastoma in a patient with systemic sclerosis: Pathogenetic analysis

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1185-1187

  Kasuga, I ^a,b   Miyamoto, D ^a   Ichinose, Y ^a   Chimangul, W ^a   Minemura, K ^a   Utsumi, K ^a   Yonemaru, M ^a   Serizawa, H ^a   Ebihara, Y ^a   Toyama, K ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alpha fetoprotein; Collagen vascular disease; Pulmonary blastoma; Systemic sclerosis; Yolk sac

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG BLASTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; YOLK SAC;

ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY BLASTOMA; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 15144344058     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.98.11051185     Document Type: Article

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