Pathological study of pulmonary carcinomas with spindle and/or giant cells

Acta Academiae Medicinae Sinicae

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 391-394

  Huo, Zhen ^a   Liu, Hong Rui ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Clinicopathology; Giant cell carcinoma; Immunohistochemistry; Pleomorphic carcinoma; Pulmonary; Spindle cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN AE1; CYTOKERATIN AE3; PROTEIN P53; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GIANT CELL; GIANT CELL CARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARGE CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; MICROSCOPY; SPINDLE CELL; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GIANT CELLS; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33746133282     PISSN: 1000503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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