Protocol for the examination of specimens from pediatric and adult patients with extragonadal germ cell tumors.

نویسندگان

  • Amy Heerema-McKenney
  • Jay Bowen
  • D Ashley Hill
  • Saul Suster
  • Stephen J Qualman
چکیده

Authors Amy Heerema-McKenney, MD* Department of Pathology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California Jay Bowen, MS Center for Childhood Cancer, Columbus Children’s Research Institute, Columbus, Ohio D. Ashley Hill, MD Department of Pathology, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC Stephen J. Qualman, MD** Center for Childhood Cancer, Columbus Children’s Research Institute, Columbus, Ohio Saul Suster, MD Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio For the Members of the Cancer Committee, College of American Pathologists

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine

دوره 135 5  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2011