Comments on the reporting of lymph nodes and tumour budding in the checklist of colorectal carcinoma [1]

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 450, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 359-360

  Greco, Paolo ^a   Magro, Gaetano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL BUDDING; CHECKLIST; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; HUMAN; LETTER; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR CELL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL;

EID: 33847717499     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-007-0366-y     Document Type: Letter

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