Cutaneous leiomyosarcoma

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 979-987

  Kaddu, Steven ^b   Beham, Alfred ^b   Cerroni, Lorenzo ^b   Humer Fuchs, Ursula ^b   Salmhofer, Wolfgang ^b   Kerl, Helmut ^b   Soyer, H Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Clinical findings; Cutaneous leiomyosarcoma; Histopathology; Immunohistopathology; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CYTOKERATIN; DESMIN; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; PROGNOSIS; SKIN TUMOR; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ACTINS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DESMIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; KERATINS; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOTIC INDEX; NECROSIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0030924140     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199709000-00001     Document Type: Article

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