Columnar cell lesions of the breast

Histopathology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-19

  Feeley, L ^b   Quinn, C M ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Biological and clinical significance; Columnar cell lesion; Early precursor lesion; Flat epithelial atypia

Indexed keywords

BREAST LESION; CELL DAMAGE; CELL HYPERPLASIA; COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS;

EID: 37249087195     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2007.02890.x     Document Type: Review

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