Basal cell carcinoma cells resemble follicular matrix cells rather than follicular bulge cells: Immunohistochemical and ultrastructural comparative studies

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 362-369

  Kore eda, Satoshi ^a   Horiguchi, Yuji ^a   Ueda, Masamichi ^a   Toda, Ken Ichi ^a   Imamura, Sadao ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Follicular bulge; Follicular matrix; Immunohistochemistry; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HISTOGENESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031879854     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-199808000-00007     Document Type: Article

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