Megakaryocytes in sentinel lymph node - A potential source for diagnostic error

Breast Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 308-309

  Zafar, Nadeem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MEGAKARYOCYTE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEGAKARYOCYTES; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 34247548666     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: 15244741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2007.00429.x     Document Type: Article

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