Microvessel and lymphatic density in tubular carcinoma of the breast: Comparative study with invasive low-grade ductal carcinoma

Breast

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 782-785

  Fernandez Aguilar, Sergio ^a   Jondet, Michel ^b   Simonart, Thierry ^c   Nöel, Jean Christophe ^c  

^a Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Charleroi   (Belgium)

^b Cabinet d'Anatomie Pathologique Dermatologique   (France)

^c ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; D2 40; Lymphangiogenesis; Tubular carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CD31 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPH VESSEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33751166188     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2006.06.007     Document Type: Article

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