Clear cell sarcoma of tendons and aponeuroses: A historical perspective and tribute to the man behind the entity

Advances in Anatomic Pathology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 286-292

  Meis Kindblom, Jeanne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clear cell sarcoma; Franz Enzinger; Melanoma; Soft tissue sarcoma

Indexed keywords

B RAF KINASE;

APONEUROSIS; CANCER RESEARCH; CLEAR CELL SARCOMA; DISEASE COURSE; FUSION GENE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOMA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; TENDON;

FASCIA; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PORTRAITS; SARCOMA, CLEAR CELL; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TENDONS;

EID: 33750539306     PISSN: 10724109     EISSN: 15334031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pap.0000213052.92435.1f     Document Type: Review

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