Kaposiform hemangioendothelioma associated with nonimmune fetal hydrops

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 678-681

  Martinez, Antonio E ^a   Robinson, Morton J ^a   Alexis, John B ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FETUS HYDROPS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOSARCOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KAPOSI SARCOMA; KASABACH MERRITT SYNDROME; STILLBIRTH; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; TISSUE SECTION; VASCULAR TUMOR; CASE REPORT; FETUS DISEASE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RETROPERITONEAL TUMOR;

FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETAL DISEASES; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HUMANS; HYDROPS FETALIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PREGNANCY; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 4844230164     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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