Basal cell carcinoma possibly originates from the outer root sheath and/or the bulge region of the vellus hair follicle

Archives of Dermatological Research

Volumn 291, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 253-259

  Krüger, Katharina ^a   Blume Peytavi, Ulrike ^a   Orfanos, Constantin E ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Cytokeratins; Lectins; Outer root sheath; Vellus hair follicle

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; LECTIN; SUGAR;

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR ROOT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; KERATINOCYTE; LECTIN BINDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEBACEOUS GLAND; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS;

CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; HAIR FOLLICLE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; KERATINS; LECTINS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032907351     PISSN: 03403696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004030050405     Document Type: Article

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