Annals of Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 14, Issue 4 , Pages 240-246 , August 2010

Inflammatory angiomyolipomas of the liver: a clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical analysis of 5 cases

  • Huaiyin Shi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, The Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +86 10 66939793.
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  • Dengfeng Cao, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, USA
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  • Lixin Wei, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, The Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
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  • Lu Sun, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, The Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
    • ,
  • Aitao Guo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, The Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China

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PII: S1092-9134(10)00038-9

doi: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2010.03.002

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 14, Issue 4 , Pages 240-246 , August 2010

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