Histological, mucinohistochemical and immunohistochemical features of gastric signet ring cell carcinoma

Vojnosanitetski Pregled

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 835-

  Krstić, Miljan ^a,b   Katić, Vuka ^a  

^a Institute of Pathology   (Serbia)

^b NONE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Carcinoma, signet ring cell; Histology; Immunohistochemistry; Mucins; Phenotype

Indexed keywords

STOMACH MUCIN;

DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; SIGNET RING CARCINOMA; STOMACH CARCINOMA; STOMACH SIGNET RING CARCINOMA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CHEMISTRY; PATHOLOGY; STOMACH TUMOR;

CARCINOMA, SIGNET RING CELL; HUMANS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 58749101398     PISSN: 00428450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/VSP0811835K     Document Type: Review

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