Melanocytic matricoma: Case confirmation of a recently described entity

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 275-278

  Williams, Christy M ^a   Bozner, Peter ^a   Oliveri, Cecilia V ^a   Horenstein, Marcelo G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CELL POPULATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR GROWTH; HAIR ROOT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOCYTIC MATRICOMA; MELANOMA; PAPULE; PILOMATRIXOMA; SKIN TUMOR;

AGED; HAIR DISEASES; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOCYTES; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEOPLASMS, ADNEXAL AND SKIN APPENDAGE; PILOMATRIXOMA; S100 PROTEINS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0037541070     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0303-6987.2003.042.x     Document Type: Article

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