Oral melanoacanthoma: A report of 10 cases, review of the literature, and immunohistochemical analysis for HMB-45 reactivity

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 12-15

  Fornatora, Maria L ^a   Reich, Renee F ^b   Haber, Sol ^c   Solomon, Frederick ^c   Freedman, Paul D ^b,d  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

HMB 45; Oral melanoacanthoma; Seborrheic keratosis

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HMB 45;

ACANTHOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEEK MUCOSA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPIGMENTATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KERATINOCYTE; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; ORAL MELANOACANTHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PAPILLOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037304547     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-200302000-00003     Document Type: Article

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