Immunohistochemical examination using the pericyte marker myosin 1B in a perivascular myoid tumor of soft tissue with definitive pericytic differentiation.
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PROVIDER: S-EPMC6850187 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr
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Immunohistochemical examination using the pericyte marker myosin 1B in a perivascular myoid tumor of soft tissue with definitive pericytic differentiation.
Meguro Shiori S Matsushima Sayomi S Enomoto Yasunori Y Kawasaki Hideya H Kosugi Isao I Tsuchida Takashi T Baba Satoshi S Fukamizu Hidekazu H Yamato Yu Y Iwashita Toshihide T
Pathology international 20190221 4
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