Pediatric and adult hepatic embryonal sarcoma: A comparative ultrastructural study with morphologic correlations

Ultrastructural Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 403-408

  Agaram, Narasimhan P ^a   Baren, Ann ^a   Antonescu, Cristina R ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryonal sarcoma; Liver; Ultrastructure; Undifferentiated

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; FAT DROPLET; GLYCOGEN; HYALIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; GIANT CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER SARCOMA; LYSOSOME; MICROFILAMENT; MITOCHONDRION; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SPINDLE CELL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM, ROUGH; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LYSOSOMES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOMA;

EID: 33845907118     PISSN: 01913123     EISSN: 15210758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01913120600854699     Document Type: Article

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