Verocay body-prominent cutaneous schwannoma

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 242-249

  Zelger, Bettina G ^a   Steiner, Hansjörg ^a   Kutzner, Heinz ^c   Rütten, Arno ^c   Zelger, Bernhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c Dermatopathologische Gemeinschaftspraxis   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cutaneous schwannoma; Neurogenic tumors; Schwannoma; Verocay bodies

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 13A; CD57 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MYELIN SHEATH; NEURILEMOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD57; DESMIN; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELIN BASIC PROTEINS; NEURILEMMOMA; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; S100 PROTEINS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TRANSGLUTAMINASES;

EID: 0030902810     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-199706000-00007     Document Type: Article

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