Trichoblastoma, basal cell carcinoma, and follicular differentiation: What should we trust?

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 260-263

  LeBoit, Philip E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Follicular differentiation; Trichoblastoma

Indexed keywords

BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MELANOCYTE; MERKEL CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN ULCER; TRICHOBLASTOMA;

CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HAIR DISEASES; HAIR FOLLICLE; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0038470982     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-200306000-00013     Document Type: Review

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