Not all "mucinous carcinomas" are equal: Time to redefine and reinvestigate the biologic significance of mucin types and patterns in the GI tract [1]

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 447, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 111-112

  Adsay, N Volkan ^a   Klimstra, David S ^b  

^a HARPER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GASTROINTESTINAL CARCINOMA; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; MUCINOUS CARCINOMA; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; COLLOIDS; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MUCINS; PHENOTYPE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 23744516505     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-005-1234-2     Document Type: Letter

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