Expression of Glypican 3 in Ovarian and Extragonadal Germ Cell Tumors
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Extragonadal germ cell tumors.
Germ cell cancer is the most common malignancy in men aged 15–35 years; 5% of the malignant germ cell tumors are of extragonadal origin [1]. An extragonadal germ cell tumor (EGGCT) is by definition a germ cell neoplasm displaying one of the histologies associated with gonadal origin, but located outside of the gonads. This specific clinical entity was first described in the 19th century [2, 3]....
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Clinical Pathology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0002-9173,1943-7722
DOI: 10.1309/8dn7dqrdfb4qnh3n