Recent advances in the pathology and classification of gonadal neoplasms composed of germ cells and sex cord derivatives

International Journal of Gynecological Pathology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 313-321

  Talerman, Aleksander ^a   Roth, Lawrence M ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dysgenetic gonad; Germ cell tumors; Gonadoblastoma; Intersex; Mixed germ cell sex cord stromal tumor; Ovary; Testis

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA RECEPTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR; TUMOR MARKER;

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CHROMOSOME 12P; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXON; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GERM CELL TUMOR; GONAD TUMOR; GONADOBLASTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRON; KARYOTYPE; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; OVARY TUMOR; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX CORD TUMOR; Y CHROMOSOME;

FEMALE; GONADOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; SEX CORD-GONADAL STROMAL TUMORS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34250807205     PISSN: 02771691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pgp.0000250148.52215.ce     Document Type: Review

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