The use of antidesmoglein stains in mohs micrographic surgery: A potential aid for the differentiation of basal cell carcinoma from horizontal sections of the hair follicle and folliculocentric basaloid proliferation

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 463-468

  Krunic, Aleksandar L ^a   Garrod, David R ^b   Viehman, Greg E ^a   Madani, Shabnam ^a   Buchanan, Mark D ^a   Clark, Robert E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESMOGLEIN;

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHEMOSURGERY; HAIR FOLLICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING;

EID: 0030799645     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.1997.tb00087.x     Document Type: Article

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