Desmoplastic malignant melanoma: Diagnosis of early clinical lesions

Human Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 537-542

  Wharton, Jacqueline M ^a   Carlson, J Andrew ^b   Mihm Jr , Martin C ^b  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Desmoplastic type; Early spindle cell type; Histology; Malignant melanoma; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EARLY CANCER; EXCISION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; PAPULE; PROGNOSIS; SKIN NODULE; SPINDLE CELL; SUPERFICIAL CANCER;

EID: 0032950349     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0046-8177(99)90198-3     Document Type: Article

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