Pseudoneoplastic lesions of the female genital tract

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 393-403

  Medeiros, Fabiola ^a   Bell, Debra A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; PLASMA CELL GRANULOMA; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; GRANULOMA, PLASMA CELL; HUMANS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 77749320447     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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