Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma: Clinicopathologic, immunhistochemical, and molecular genetic analysis of 39 cases

Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Flucke, Uta ^a   Vogels, Rob J C ^a   de Saint Aubain Somerhausen, Nicolas ^b   Creytens, David H ^c   Riedl, Robert G ^d   van Gorp, Joost M ^e   Milne, Anya N ^e   Huysentruyt, Clement J ^f   Verdijk, Marian A J ^a   van Asseldonk, Monique M ^a   Suurmeijer, Albert J H ^g   Bras, Johannes ^h   Palmedo, Gabriele ⁱ   Groenen, Patricia J T A ^a   Mentzel, Thomas ⁱ  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b JULES BORDET INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY   (Netherlands)

^f Stichting Laboratoria voor Pathologie en Medische Microbiologie   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^h ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

ⁱ Dermatopathologische Gemeinschaftspraxis   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bone; Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma; Liver; Lung; Skin; Soft tissue; Vascular tumors

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA, EPITHELIOID; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904306659     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17461596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-1596-9-131     Document Type: Article

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