Clear cell entities of the head and neck: A selective review of clear cell tumors of the salivary glands

Head and Neck Pathology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 111-115

  Said Al Naief, Nasser ^a,b   Klein, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Clear cell tumors; Head and neck; Salivary gland tumors

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

ACINAR CELL CARCINOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; METASTASIS; ONCOCYTOMA; REVIEW; SALIVARY GLAND TUMOR;

ADENOMA, OXYPHILIC; CARCINOMA, ACINAR CELL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; SALIVARY GLAND NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 69249233753     PISSN: 1936055X     EISSN: 19360568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12105-008-0052-7     Document Type: Review

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