Carcinoma-like vascular density in atypic keratoacanthoma suggests malignant progression

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1301-1307

  Strieth, S ^a,c   Hartschuh, W ^b   Pilz, L ^a   Fusenig, N E ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Atypia; Keratoacanthoma; Vascularisation; VEGF

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; KERATOACANTHOMA; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MICROVASCULATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR CELL CULTURE; VASCULARIZATION;

BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATOACANTHOMA; MICROCIRCULATION; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037132370     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6600622     Document Type: Article

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