Cystic renal tumors: New entities and novel concepts

Advances in Anatomic Pathology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 209-214

  Moch, Holger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cystic nephroma; Mixed epithelial stromal tumor; Renal epithelial stromal tumor; Tubulocystic carcinoma

Indexed keywords

VON HIPPEL LINDAU PROTEIN;

CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYSTIC KIDNEY TUMOR; GENE FUNCTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY CYST; KIDNEY SARCOMA; KIDNEY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA; TUMOR GROWTH; VON HIPPEL LINDAU DISEASE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CYSTS; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, GLANDULAR AND EPITHELIAL; SARCOMA, SYNOVIAL;

EID: 77951745663     PISSN: 10724109     EISSN: 15334031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAP.0b013e3181d98c9d     Document Type: Review

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