Cutaneous epithelioid schwannomas: A rare variant of a benign peripheral nerve sheath tumor

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 50-55

  Smith, Kathleen ^a   Mezebish, David ^a   Williams, John P ^a   Menon, Padman ^a   Rolfe, Alan ^a   Cobb, Mark ^a   Skelton, Henry ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 4; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MITOSIS RATE; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NEURILEMOMA; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN TUMOR; SPINDLE CELL;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; CA-15-3 ANTIGEN; COLLAGEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; MALE; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NERVE SHEATH NEOPLASMS; NEURILEMMOMA; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; S100 PROTEINS; SCHWANN CELLS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0031985136     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.1998.tb01689.x     Document Type: Article

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