Impact of using a lymph node revealing solution in surgical specimens for pathological staging of gastric cancer

Jornal Brasileiro de Patologia e Medicina Laboratorial

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 445-451

  De Sousa, Márcio Tadeu Diniz ^a,d   Savassi Rocha, Paulo Roberto ^b   Cabral, Mônica Maria Demas Álvares ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UFMG   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dissection; Gastric cancer; Lymph node revealing solution; Lymph nodes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925395395     PISSN: 16762444     EISSN: 16784774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20140055     Document Type: Article

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