Tumours of the anal canal

Current Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 136-151

  Serra, S ^a,b   Chetty, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anal canal; Anal intra epithelial neoplasm; Basaloid squamous carcinoma; Immunohistochemistry; Molecular markers; Squamous carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; CD31 ANTIGEN; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR; KI 67 ANTIGEN; MOLECULAR MARKER; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P21; PROTEIN P27; PROTEIN P53;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA; ANUS CANCER; ANUS TUMOR; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CELL DAMAGE; CROHN DISEASE; EMBRYOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; MELANOMA; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGIST; PERIANAL GLAND; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SKIN CARCINOMA; SKIN DEFECT; SPHINCTER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STEM CELL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; WART VIRUS;

EID: 32144459487     PISSN: 09686053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cdip.2005.12.007     Document Type: Article

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