Gastrointestinal cancers accompanied by a dense lymphoid component: An overview with special reference to gastric and colonic medullary and lymphoepithelioma-like carcinomas

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1062-1065

  Chetty, Runjan ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COLON CARCINOMA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; EPIGENETICS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOEPITHELIOMA; MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STOMACH CARCINOMA; STROMA;

CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY;

EID: 84870064460     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jclinpath-2012-201067     Document Type: Review

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