Angiomatosis with angiokeratoma-like features in children: A light microscopic and immunophenotypic examination of four cases

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 350-355

  Kraus, Madeleine D ^a   Lind, Anne C ^a   Alder, Steven L ^a   Dehner, Louis P ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiokeratoma; Angiomatosis; CD31; CD34; Hemangioma

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEMANGIOKERATOMA; HEMANGIOMA; HEMANGIOMATOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ACTINS; ADOLESCENT; ANGIOKERATOMA; ANGIOMATOSIS; ANTIGENS, CD31; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MALE; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032775415     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-199908000-00007     Document Type: Article

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