Follicular differentiation in basal cell carcinoma and the trend to designate benign or questionable lesions as malignant

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 792-794

  Rapini, Ronald P ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CANCER; SKIN CARCINOMA;

EID: 0036827759     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mjd.2002.124086     Document Type: Article

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