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Primary Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells Grown from Explants
Published on: March 26, 2010
[Mucoepidermoid tumors of bronchi (author's transl)]
Abstract:
A report is given on the histological picture of two cases of bronchial mucoepidermoid tumors. The tumor is composed of two kinds of cells: formations with cylindric epithelial cells and solid parts with epidermoid cells. By the hand of two own cases and informations from literature opinion is expressed on frequency, sex and age distribution, duraction of symptoms and behaviour of this rare tumor.
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