Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of tracheobronchial tree: Clinicopathological study of 31 cases

Korean Journal of Pathology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 175-181

  Ha, Sang Yun ^a   Han, Joungho ^a   Lee, Jae Jun ^a   Kim, Young Eun ^a   Choi, Yoon La ^a   Kim, Hong Kwan ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bronchi; Carcinoma; Lung neoplasms; Mucoepidermoid

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052419718     PISSN: 17381843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4132/KoreanJPathol.2011.45.2.175     Document Type: Article

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