Merkel cell hyperplasia in chronic radiation damaged skin: Its possible relationship to fibroepithelioma of Pinkus

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 477-483

  Hartschuh, Wolfgang ^a,b   Schulz, Tilman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CHROMOGRANIN A; CYTOKERATIN;

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPITHELIUM TUMOR; FIBROMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPLASIA; HYPERTROPHIC SKIN DISEASE; MERKEL CELL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION DERMATITIS; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 0030771185     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.1997.tb01321.x     Document Type: Article

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