bcl-2 Expression in pilomatricoma

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 254-257

  Farrier, Sean ^a,b   Morgan, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; bcl 2; Pilomatricoma; Proto oncogenes

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BCL 2;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PILOMATRIXOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTO ONCOGENE;

AGED; APOPTOSIS; FEMALE; GENES, BCL-2; HAIR DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOMATRIXOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030913567     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-199706000-00009     Document Type: Article

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