Splenic hamartoma [1]

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1114-1115

  Laskin, William Bradlyn ^b   Alasadi, Rameez ^a   Variakojis, Daina ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; DESMIN; KERATIN;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CELL TYPE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOPLASM; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; MITOSIS RATE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC HAMARTOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; SPLEEN TUMOR;

DESMIN; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; MIDDLE AGED; SPLENIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 22944450076     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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