Intermitochondrial cement (nuage) in a spermatocytic seminoma: Comparison with classical seminoma and normal testis

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 453, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 189-196

  Morroni, Manrico ^a,b   Cangiotti, Angela Maria ^b   Marzioni, Daniela ^a   D'Angelo, Antonella ^c   Gesuita, Rosaria ^a   De Nictolis, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^c General Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Classical seminoma; Normal germ cells; Nuage; Spermatocytic seminoma; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLASSICAL SEMINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMITOCHONDRIAL CEMENT; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINOMA; SPERMATOCYTE; TUMOR CELL;

ADULT; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIA; SEMINOMA; SPERMATOCYTES; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TESTIS;

EID: 49349105031     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-008-0610-0     Document Type: Article

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