Cytomorphology of primary signet ring-cell carcinoma of the lung

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 146-149

  Jin, Ni ^a   Nguyen, Chris ^a   Shuja, Sania ^a,b   Makary, Raafat ^a   Wolfson, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPHOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNET RING CARCINOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 59449091554     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20937     Document Type: Letter

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