Standards for the histopathological diagnosis of malignant melanoma;Standards der histopathologischen Diagnose maligner Melanome

Hautarzt

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 720-729

  Tronnier, Michael ^a   Garbe, Claus ^b   Bröcker, Eva Bettina ^c   Stadler, Rudolf ^d   Steinkraus, Volker ^e   Soyer, H Peter ^f   Wolff, Helmut H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d KLINIKUM MINDEN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^f Universitatsklinik fur Dermatologie   (Austria)

Author keywords

diagnostic criteria; histopathology; immunohistochemistry; melanoma

Indexed keywords

HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION;

BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0030728197     PISSN: 00178470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001050050650     Document Type: Review

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