Balloon cell change in cellular blue nevus

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 181-184

  Perez, Maria T ^a   Suster, Saul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Balloon cell; Cellular blue nevus; Clear cell neoplasms; Melanoma; Melanosomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUE NEVUS; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MELANOMA; MELANOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY;

CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; EAR, EXTERNAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELANOCYTES; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, BLUE; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032960688     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-199904000-00014     Document Type: Article

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