Dermatofibroma is a clonal proliferative disease

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 36-39

  Chen, Tse Ching ^a   Kuo, Tseng tong ^a,b   Chan, Heng Leong ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CELL CLONING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOFIBROMA; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HETEROZYGOSITY; HISTIOCYTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

ALLELES; CELL DIVISION; CICATRIX; CLONE CELLS; DNA, NEOPLASM; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HISTIOCYTOMA, BENIGN FIBROUS; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033970927     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0560.2000.027001036.x     Document Type: Article

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