Anatomical lymph node mapping in normal mesorectal adipose tissue

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1640-1644

  Miscusi, Giandomenico ^a   Di Gioia, Cira R T ^a   Patrizi, Gregorio ^a   Gravetz, Aviad ^a   Redler, Adriano ^a   Petrozza, Vincenzo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Lymph node mapping; Mesorectum

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; CADAVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE MAPPING; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM EXAMINATION; MESORECTUM; RECTUM;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 78651514939     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/DCR.0b013e3181f48f90     Document Type: Article

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