Dermatopathologic variants of malignant melanoma

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 273-279

  Perniciaro, Charles ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD45 ANTIGEN; CLENBUTEROL; GLYCOPROTEIN; KERATIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN;

CONFERENCE PAPER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JUVENILE MELANOMA; MALIGNANT LENTIGO; MELANOMA; SKIN BIOPSY; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

EID: 0031432689     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/72.3.273     Document Type: Conference Paper

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