Flat epithelial atypia of the breast

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 615-621

  Lerwill, Melinda F ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RISK; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPITHELIUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG CARCINOMA; REVIEW;

BIOPSY; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; PATHOLOGY;

EID: 41749123056     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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