Hyalinizing Clear Cell Carcinoma of Salivary Gland: A Review and Update

Head and Neck Pathology

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL 1, 2013, Pages 20-29

  Weinreb, Ilan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

EWSR1; EWSR1 ATF1; Hyalinizing clear cell carcinoma; Mucoepidermoid carcinoma; Myoepithelial; Salivary gland

Indexed keywords

ONCOPROTEIN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; MYOEPITHELIOMA; ODONTOGENIC TUMOR; REVIEW; SALIVARY GLAND TUMOR;

ADENOCARCINOMA, CLEAR CELL; CARCINOMA, MUCOEPIDERMOID; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MYOEPITHELIOMA; ODONTOGENIC TUMORS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; SALIVARY GLAND NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84880786119     PISSN: 1936055X     EISSN: 19360568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12105-013-0466-8     Document Type: Review

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