Which direction do nevus cells move? Abtropfung reexamined

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 135-139

  Worret, Wolf Ingo ^a   Burgdorf, Walter H C ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abtropfung; Nevus cells

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CHILD; DERMIS; DERMOEPIDERMAL JUNCTION; EPIDERMIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOCYTE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; NEVUS CELL; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL MOVEMENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, INTRADERMAL; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031966341     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-199804000-00005     Document Type: Article

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