Pseudo-Meigs' syndrome caused by uterine smooth muscle tumor of uncertain malignant potential with low vascular endothelial growth factor expression

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 851-853

  Huang, S E ^a   Huang, S C ^a   Lee, W Y ^a   Hsu, K F ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Pseudo Meigs' syndrome; Smooth muscle tumor of uncertain malignant potential; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCLE TUMOR; OVARY CARCINOMA; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; UTERUS TUMOR;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEIGS SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; SMOOTH MUSCLE TUMOR; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 47649117943     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2007.01115.x     Document Type: Article

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