Chordomas: A histological and immunohistochemical study of cases with and without recurrent tumors

Clinical Neuropathology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 277-285

  Sell, M ^a,b,e   Sampaolo, S ^a,c   Di Iorio, G ^c   Theallier, A ^d  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Institut für Pathologie   (Germany)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^d MARTIN LUTHER KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^e Institut fur Pathologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell type; Chordoma; Immunohistochemistry; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; CYTOKERATIN AE1; CYTOKERATIN AE3; CYTOKERATIN KL1; DESMIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN S 100; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CHILD; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABELING INDEX; MALE; MITOSIS RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHORDOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SPINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 8744221686     PISSN: 07225091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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