Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of the skin: A superficial form of this tumor

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 182-188

  Misago, Noriyuki ^a   Ishii, Yutaka ^a   Kohda, Hiromu ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; SKIN TUMOR; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; NEURILEMMOMA; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0029888011     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.1996.tb01293.x     Document Type: Article

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