Plexiform fibrohistiocytic tumor: A brief review

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 131, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1135-1138

  Taher, Altaf ^a   Pushpanathan, Chitra ^a,b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD68 ANTIGEN; VIMENTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANCER RECURRENCE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; FIBROHISTIOCYTOMA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFANT; LUNG METASTASIS; MESENCHYMOMA; PLEXIFORM FIBROHISTIOCYTIC TUMOR; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOMA, BENIGN FIBROUS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34447326985     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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