Pseudomyxoma peritonei: A rose by any other name... [1]

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1483-1484

  Ronnett, Brigitte M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER GRADING; CANCER RESEARCH; CARCINOGENESIS; HEALTH CENTER; LETTER; PERITONEUM PSEUDOMYXOMA; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

HUMANS; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; PSEUDOMYXOMA PERITONEI;

EID: 33750486843     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pas.0000213357.18380.36     Document Type: Letter

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