Stromal tumors of the lower female genital tract: Histogenetic, morphological and immunohistochemical similarities with the "Benign Spindle Cell Tumors of the Mammary Stroma"

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 203, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 827-829

  Magro, Gaetano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; DESMIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; VIMENTIN;

BLASTOMA; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LETTER; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; STROMA CELL; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA TUMOR; VULVA TUMOR;

EID: 35148875515     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2007.08.005     Document Type: Letter

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