Flat ductal intraepithelial neoplasia of the breast: A review of diagnostic criteria, differential diagnoses, molecular-genetic findings, and clinical relevance - It is time to appreciate the Azzopardi concept!

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 879-892

  Moinfar, Farid ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GROWTH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; MOLECULAR CLONING; REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

EID: 67049155832     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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