The controversial nosology of benign nerve sheath tumors: Neurofilament protein staining demonstrates intratumoral axons in many sporadic schwannomas

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1363-1370

  Nascimento, Alessandra F ^a,b   Fletcher, Christopher D M ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon; Neurofibroma; Neurofilament protein; Schwann cell; Schwannoma

Indexed keywords

NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN S 100;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NERVE FIBER; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS;

AXONS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEURILEMMOMA; NEUROFIBROMA; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; S100 PROTEINS; SCHWANN CELLS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34548244687     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e318031bc0c     Document Type: Article

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