Lobular capillary hemangioma of the oral mucosa: Clinicopathological study of 43 cases with a special reference to immunohistochemical characterization of the vascular elements

Pathology International

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-7

  Toida, Makoto ^a   Hasegawa, Tomomi ^a   Watanabe, Fumio ^a   Kato, Keizo ^a   Makita, Hiroki ^a   Fujitsuka, Hideki ^a   Kato, Yukihiro ^a   Miyamoto, Ken ^a   Shibata, Toshiyuki ^a   Shimokawa, Kuniyasu ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alpha smooth muscle actin; CD34; Lobular capillary hemangioma; Oral mucosa; Pyogenic granuloma; Von Willebrand factor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY HEMANGIOMA; CHILD; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GINGIVA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESENCHYME CELL; MOUTH MUCOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONGUE; ULCER;

ACTINS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD34; CAPILLARIES; CHILD; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; GRANULOMA, PYOGENIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASES; MOUTH MUCOSA; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

EID: 0037286320     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.2003.01434.x     Document Type: Article

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