Atypical junctional melanocytic proliferations in benign lichenoid keratosis

Human Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 706-709

  Dalton, Scott R ^b   Fillman, Eric P ^b   Altman, Coleman E ^b   Gardner, Timothy L ^b   Davis, Thomas L ^b   Bastian, Boris C ^b   Libow, Lester F ^b   Elston, Dirk M ^a  

^a GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Atypical junctional melanocytic proliferation; Benign lichenoid keratosis; Fluorescent in situ hybridization; Lichenoid tissue reaction; Malignant melanoma in situ; Regression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BENIGN TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOME 9P; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GIANT CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KERATOSIS; LICHENOID; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MELANOCYTE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; TISSUE REACTION; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 0038044980     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0046-8177(03)00234-X     Document Type: Article

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