Mucinous tumours of appendix and ovary: An overview and evaluation of current practice

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 1071, 2015, Pages 41-45

  Rouzbahman, Marjan ^a   Chetty, Runjan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; MUCIN;

APPENDIX TUMOR; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METASTASIS; MUCINOUS CYSTIC NEOPLASM; MUCOCELE; OVARY TUMOR; PERITONEUM PSEUDOMYXOMA; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR INVASION; TUMOR RECURRENCE; WART VIRUS;

EID: 84921311689     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2013-202023rep     Document Type: Article

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