Benign fibroblastic polyp of the colorectum

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 778-781

  Kalof, Alexandra N ^a   Pritt, Bobbi ^a   Cooper, Kumarasen ^a   Hyman, Neil H ^a   Blaszyk, Hagen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colon; Fibroblastic; Polyp; Rectum; Stroma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN FIBROBLASTIC POLYP; BENIGN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; COLON POLYP; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM POLYP;

ACTINS; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD34; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COLONIC POLYPS; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINAL POLYPS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; RECTAL DISEASES; S100 PROTEINS;

EID: 25444437221     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mcg.0000177242.51967.83     Document Type: Article

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