Loss of cell cohesion in breast cytology as a characteristic of neuroendocrine carcinoma

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 835-840

  Tang, Weihua ^a   Taniguchi, Emiko ^a   Wang, Xiaojuan ^a   Mori, Ichiro ^a   Kagiya, Tomoko ^a   Yang, Qifeng ^a   Nakamura, Yasushi ^a   Nakamura, Misa ^a   Yoshimura, Goro ^a   Sakurai, Takeo ^a   Kakudo, Kennichi ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy; Breast cancer; Cell cohesion; Single cell pattern

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER SIZE; CELL ADHESION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR CELL;

EID: 18544373397     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000327056     Document Type: Article

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