Primary small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the vagina: A clinicopathologic study

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 128, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 857-862

  Bing, Zhanyong ^a   Levine, Lyuba ^a   Lucci, Joseph A ^a   Hatch, Sandra S ^a   Eltorky, Mahmoud A ^a,b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOGRANIN A; CYTOKERATIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDICAL RECORD; METASTASIS; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATHOLOGY; PRIMARY SMALL CELL NEUROENDOCRINE CARCINOMA OF THE VAGINA; RARE DISEASE; VAGINA CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BONE NEOPLASMS; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CHROMOGRANIN A; CHROMOGRANINS; CISPLATIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ETOPOSIDE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; KERATINS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RADIOISOTOPE TELETHERAPY; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VAGINAL DISEASES; VAGINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 3543043127     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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