Perivascular epithelioid cell tumor of the nasal cavity with TFE3 expression: Letter to the Editor

Pathology International

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 769-770

  Kuroda, Naoto ^a   Goda, Masakazu ^a   Kazakov, Dmitry V ^a   Hes, Ondrej ^a   Michal, Michal ^a   Lee, Gang Hong ^b  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TFE3 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIOID CELL; EPITHELIUM TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MALE; NOSE POLYP; NOSE TUMOR; PERIVASCULAR EPITHELOID CELL TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR GROWTH;

AGED; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; EPITHELIOID CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NASAL CAVITY; NOSE NEOPLASMS; PERIVASCULAR EPITHELIOID CELL NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 70349515965     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: 14401827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2009.02443.x     Document Type: Letter

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