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Case Report

Neuroendocrine differentiation of periodic‐acid Schiff and alcian blue‐negative signet‐ring cell‐like cells and tubular adenocarcinoma cells within a gastric cancer

A. Sugihara Dept. of Pathology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, JapanCorrespondencesugihara@meiwa‐hospital.com
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K. Nakasho Division of Surgical Pathology, Osaka Medical College Hospital, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan
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N. Yamada Dept. of Pathology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
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N. Nakagomi Division of Surgical Pathology, Osaka Medical College Hospital, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan
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T. Tsujimura Dept. of Pathology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
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N. Terada Division of Surgical Pathology, Osaka Medical College Hospital, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan
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M. Tsuji Dept. of Pathology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
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Pages 795-800 | Received 16 Jan 2004, Accepted 20 Feb 2004, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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