Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the bronchus: A review

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 131, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1400-1404

  Liu, Xiuli ^a   Adams, Amy L ^a,b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN D1; NOTCH RECEPTOR;

ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BRONCHUS OBSTRUCTION; CHROMOSOME 11; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; LUNG CARCINOMA; MUCUS GLAND; MUCUS SECRETION; PNEUMONIA; RECIPROCAL CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; SALIVARY GLAND; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; UPREGULATION; BRONCHUS; BRONCHUS TUMOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA; REVIEW;

BRONCHI; BRONCHIAL NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, MUCOEPIDERMOID; CYCLIN D1; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 34548726353     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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