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Published in: Virchows Archiv 3/2017

01-09-2017 | Letter to the Editor

A cell line thought to represent mucinous breast cancer probably represents lobular carcinoma with extracellular mucin production

Author: Gábor Cserni

Published in: Virchows Archiv | Issue 3/2017

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We have recently reported on a rare variant of invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) of the breast producing extracellular mucin (ILC-ECMUC) [1]. …
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Title
A cell line thought to represent mucinous breast cancer probably represents lobular carcinoma with extracellular mucin production
Author
Gábor Cserni
Publication date
01-09-2017
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Virchows Archiv / Issue 3/2017
Print ISSN: 0945-6317
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2307
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00428-017-2195-y

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