Ganglioneuroblastic differentiation in a primary cutaneous malignant melanoma

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 40-44

  Grayson, Wayne ^a,c   Maré, Lambert R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b Provincial Hospital   (South Africa)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Ganglioneuroblastic differentiation; Immunohistochemistry; Malignant melanoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; FEMALE; GANGLION; HISTOGENESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOMA; NEURAL CREST; NEUROBLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

CELL NUCLEUS; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; GANGLIONEUROBLASTOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODES; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0037307268     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-200302000-00009     Document Type: Article

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