So-called neoplastic myoepithelial cells in chondroid syringomas/mixed tumors of the skin: Their subtypes and immunohistochemical analysis

Pathology International

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 245-253

  Nakayama, Hirofumi ^a   Miyazaki, Eriko ^a   Hiroi, Makoto ^a   Kiyoku, Hiroshi ^a   Naruse, Keishi ^a   Enzan, Hideaki ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chondroid syringoma; Hyaline cells; Myoepithelial cells; Skin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CYTOKERATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; CHONDROID HIDRADENOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIXED TUMOR; MYOEPITHELIUM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TUMOR; SWEAT GLAND; SYRINGOMA; TUMOR CELL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0031870108     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1998.tb03902.x     Document Type: Article

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