Immunohistologic differential diagnosis of basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and trichoepithelioma in small cutaneous biopsy specimens

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 153-159

  Swanson, Paul E ^a   Fitzpatrick, Maureen M ^a   Ritter, Jon H ^a   Glusac, Earl J ^b   Wick, Mark R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SKIN BIOPSY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TRICHOEPITHELIOMA;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, CD34; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TECHNIQUES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0031934324     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.1998.tb01708.x     Document Type: Article

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