A retrospective analysis of 18 cases of extramedulary plasmacytoma (EMP) was done to characterize the type of immunoglobulin being synthesized by the neoplastic cells. The immunoperoxidase stain can be performed on previously fixed tissue and offers a means of predicting the likelihood of progressio
Extramedullary plasmacytoma of the head and neck
β Scribed by Steven E. Bush; Don R. Goffinet; Malcolm A. Bagshaw
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1980
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 88 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0360-3016
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