Sub-populations of melanocytes in pigmented basal cell carcinoma: A quantitative, ultrastructural investigation

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 34-43

  Lao, Li Min ^a   Kumakiri, Masanobu ^a   Kiyohara, Takahiro ^a   Kuwahara, Hiroaki ^a   Ueda, Keiichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL SIZE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOSOME; MORPHOMETRICS; PHAGOCYTOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOCYTES; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0035185690     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0560.2001.280104.x     Document Type: Article

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