Poorly differentiated synovial sarcoma of the vagina: First reported case with immunohistochemical, molecular and ultrastructural data [8]

Histopathology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 808-810

  Pelosi, G ^a,b   Luzzatto, F ^a   Landoni, F ^a   Staffa, N ^a   Maggioni, A ^a   Braidotti, P ^b,c   Cabras, A ^d   Aiello, A ^d   Del Curto, B ^a   Viale, G ^a,b  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c SAN PAOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALRETININ; CD99 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN 19; CYTOKERATIN 7; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN BCL 2; VIMENTIN;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FUSION GENE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VAGINA; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ADULT; CA-15-3 ANTIGEN; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SARCOMA, SYNOVIAL; VAGINA; VAGINAL NEOPLASMS; VIMENTIN;

EID: 34247601648     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2007.02647.x     Document Type: Letter

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