Intermediate filament aggregates in mitoses of primary cutaneous neuroendocrine (Merkel cell) carcinoma

Histopathology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 349-355

  Alvarez Gago, T ^a,e   Bullon M M ^b   Rivera, F ^c   Velasco, A ^d   Mayo, A ^d  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO DE VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b University if Seville   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE BURGOS   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^e Prof Titular de Anat Patologica   (Spain)

Author keywords

Intermediate filaments; Keratin; Mitosis; Neuroendocrine (Merkel cell) carcinoma; Neurofilaments; Peripherin

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; ENDOGENOUS COMPOUND; PERIPHERIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; MITOSIS; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; NEUROFILAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SKIN TUMOR;

EID: 0029881248     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2559.1996.d01-434.x     Document Type: Article

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