Granular cell dermatofibroma

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 168-173

  Soyer, H Peter ^a   Metze, Dieter ^b   Kerl, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dermatofibroma; Granular cell dermatofibroma; Histopathology; Immunohistochemistry Electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; DERMATOFIBROMA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GRANULAR CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY;

ADULT; CELL DIVISION; COLLAGEN; CYTOPLASM; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; EPIDERMIS; FIBROBLASTS; HISTIOCYTES; HISTIOCYTOMA, BENIGN FIBROUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINOCYTES; LYSOSOMES; MALE; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; VACUOLES; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0030937035     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-199704000-00011     Document Type: Article

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