Eosinophilic globules in Spitz nevi: No evidence for apoptosis

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 551-554

  Wesselmann, Ulrich ^b   Becker, Lorenz R ^c   Bröcker, Eva B ^c   Leboit, Philip E ^a   Bastian, Boris C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Eosinophilic globules; Kamino bodies; Spitz nevus; TUNEL

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE MARKER; EOSINOPHIL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; JUVENILE MELANOMA; KERATINOCYTE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

APOPTOSIS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EOSINE YELLOWISH-(YS); HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; KERATINS; NEVUS, EPITHELIOID AND SPINDLE CELL; S100 PROTEINS; SKIN;

EID: 0031738549     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-199812000-00003     Document Type: Article

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