Urachal inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor with ALK gene rearrangement: A study of urachal remnants

Urology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 140-144

  Nascimento, Alessandra F ^b   Dal Cin, Paola ^b   Cilento, Bartley G ^b   Perez Atayde, Antonio R ^b   Kozakewich, Harry P W ^b   Nosé, Vânia ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASTIC LYMPHOMA KINASE;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FLUORESCENCE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; PLASMA CELL GRANULOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URACHUS;

CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MYOFIBROMA; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; URACHAL CYST; URACHUS;

EID: 3042824525     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2004.02.037     Document Type: Article

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