Epithelioid cell histiocytoma: A simulant of vascular and melanocytic neoplasms

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-7

  Glusac, Earl J ^a   McNiff, Jennifer Madison ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Benign fibrous histiocytoma; Dermatofibroma; Epithelioid cell histiocytoma; Factor XIIIa; Histiocytoma

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 13A;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DERMATOFIBROMA; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOMA; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR TUMOR;

EID: 0032904150     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-199902000-00001     Document Type: Article

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