The diagnosis and differential diagnosis of granulocytic sarcoma

Chinese-German Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 603-607

  Feng, Xiaoli ^a   Ying, Jianming ^a   Cameron Yin, C ^b   Li, Ling ^a   Shi, Susheng ^a   Zhang, Hongtu ^a   Sun, Yuntian ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibody; Diagnosis; Differential diagnosis; Granulocytic sarcoma (GS); Immunohistochemistry (IHC)

Indexed keywords

EID: 55949099327     PISSN: 16101979     EISSN: 16139089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10330-008-0103-2     Document Type: Article

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