Genetics of a combined lung small cell carcinoma and large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma with adenocarcinoma

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 453, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 107-115

  Fellegara, Giovanni ^a   D'Adda, Tiziana ^a   Pilato, Francesco P ^a   Froio, Elisabetta ^a   Ampollini, Luca ^a   Rusca, Michele ^a   Rindi, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Combined lung cancer; Large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma; Pluripotent epithelial precursor; Small cell lung carcinoma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GENETICS; CASE REPORT; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARGE CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NEUROENDOCRINE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; CARCINOMA, LARGE CELL; CARCINOMA, NEUROENDOCRINE; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; HUMANS; LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS;

EID: 48349102662     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-008-0620-y     Document Type: Article

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