Gastric adenocarcinoma of fundic gland type: Report of three cases

Korean Journal of Pathology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 287-291

  Park, Eun Su ^a   Kim, Young Eun ^b   Park, Cheol Keun ^b   Yao, Takashi ^c   Kushima, Ryoji ^d   Kim, Kyoung Mee ^b  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell differentiation; Chief cells; Fundic gland; Gastric; Pepsinogen A; Stomach neoplasms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867880251     PISSN: 17381843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4132/KoreanJPathol.2012.46.3.287     Document Type: Article

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