Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor: The continued definition of one type of so-called inflammatory pseudotumor

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1652-1654

  Dehner, Louis P ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Campus Box 8118 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASTIC LYMPHOMA KINASE GENE; CANCER RESEARCH; CHIMERA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GENE; GENE TRANSLOCATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MUSCLE TUMOR; MYOFIBROBLAST; MYOFIBROBLASTIC TUMOR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOTUMOR;

GRANULOMA, PLASMA CELL; HUMANS; MYOFIBROMA;

EID: 9444288135     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200412000-00016     Document Type: Editorial

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