Desmoplastic melanoma of the vulva

Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 241-245

  Mulvany, Nicholas J ^a   Sykes, Peter ^a  

^a ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Desmoplastic melanoma; HMB 45; Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor; Neurotropic melanoma; S100 protein; Vulva

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; COLLAGEN; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MELANOMA; PATHOLOGY; SPINDLE CELL; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VULVA CANCER; VULVECTOMY;

EID: 0030792280     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313029700169974     Document Type: Article

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