Spindle cell rhabdomyosarcoma: A brief diagnostic review and differential diagnosis

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 137, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1155-1158

  Carroll, Sarah Jayne ^a   Nodit, Laurentia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYOD PROTEIN; MYOD1 MYOGENIC DIFFERENTIATION PROTEIN;

ADULT; CHILD; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMBRYONAL RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; TESTIS TUMOR;

ADULT; CHILD; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MYOD PROTEIN; PROGNOSIS; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA, EMBRYONAL; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84883062239     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2012-0465-RS     Document Type: Review

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