Serous papillary adenocarcinoma possibly related to the presence of primitive oocyte-like cells in the adult ovarian surface epithelium: A case report

Journal of Ovarian Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Virant Klun, Irma ^a   Skutella, Thomas ^b   Cvjeticanin, Branko ^a   Stimpfel, Martin ^a   Sinkovec, Jasna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

human; oocytes; ovarian surface epithelium; serous adenocarcinoma

Indexed keywords

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; HEMATOXYLIN; STAGE SPECIFIC EMBRYO ANTIGEN 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 79961164985     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17572215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-2215-4-13     Document Type: Article

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