Pathology of mixed Müllerian tumours

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 705-718

  D'Angelo, Emanuela ^a   Prat, Jaime ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

adenofibroma; adenosarcoma; atypical polypoid adenomyoma; carcinosarcoma; malignant M llerian mixed tumor

Indexed keywords

ADENOMYOMA; ADENOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GRADING; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CARCINOSARCOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FIBROMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIXED MULLERIAN TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; UTERUS SARCOMA;

EID: 80055060171     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: 15321932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2011.05.010     Document Type: Review

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