Endocrine tumors of the appendix: A pathologic review

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 134, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 871-875

  Deschamps, Lydia ^a   Couvelard, Anne ^b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE FORT DE FRANCE   (France)

^b BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX TUMOR; CARCINOID; CARCINOMA; CLASSIFICATION; COLON RESECTION; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICEAL NEOPLASMS; CARCINOID TUMOR; CARCINOMA, NEUROENDOCRINE; COLECTOMY; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77953215695     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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