Unusual reticulin staining pattern in well-differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma

Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Hong, Heng ^a   Patonay, Bryan ^a   Finley, James ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; RETICULIN; TUMOR MARKER;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGED; ANTIGENS, CD34; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETICULIN; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 79951778349     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17461596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-1596-6-15     Document Type: Article

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