A giant myxoid mammary myofibroblastoma: Evidence for a myogenic/synthetic phenotype and an extracellular matrix rich in fibronectin [5]

Histopathology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 396-399

  Corradi, D ^a   Bosio, S ^a   Maestri, R ^a   Mormandi, F ^a   Curry, A ^b   Eyden, B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN;

ADULT; BREAST MYOFIBROBLASTOMA; BREAST TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CYTOPLASM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; MITOSIS; MYXOMA; NUCLEOLUS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SPINDLE CELL;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM, ROUGH; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FIBRONECTINS; HUMANS; MICROFILAMENTS; MUCUS; NEOPLASMS, MUSCLE TISSUE; PHENOTYPE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 38849174289     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2007.02916.x     Document Type: Letter

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