Incidence of perineural invasion in histologically aggressive types of basal cell carcinoma

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 123-125

  Brown, Charles I ^a   Perry, Ann E ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggressive basal cell carcinoma; Perineural invasion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; PERINEURIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034028436     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-200004000-00006     Document Type: Article

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