Stromelysin 3 expression: A useful marker for the differential diagnosis dermatofibroma versus dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 408-413

  Cribier, Bernard ^a   Noacco, Gérald ^a   Peltre, Bernard ^a   Grosshans, Edouard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; STROMELYSIN 3;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DERMATOFIBROMA; DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA PROTUBERANS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0036123010     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mjd.2002.119656     Document Type: Article

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