Soft tissue chordomas: A clinicopathologic analysis of 11 cases

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 719-726

  Lauer, Scott R ^a   Edgar, Mark A ^a   Gardner, Jerad M ^b   Sebastian, Anita ^c   Weiss, Sharon W ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c Baystate Children's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

brachyury; extra axial chordoma; parachordoma; soft tissue chordoma

Indexed keywords

BRACHYURY PROTEIN; FETOPROTEIN; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TUMOR MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHORDOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHORDOMA; FEMALE; FETAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876555442     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31827813e7     Document Type: Article

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