Trichilemmoma: An immunohistochemical study of cytokeratins

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 99-104

  Kurokawa, Ichiro ^a   Nishijima, S ^b   Kusumoto, K ^c   Senzaki, H ^c   Shikata, N ^c   Tsubura, A ^c  

^a Hyogo Prefectural Tsukaguchi Hospital   (Japan)

^b KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytokeratin; Immunohistochemistry; Trichilemmoma

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; CYTOKERATIN 1; CYTOKERATIN 10; CYTOKERATIN 14; CYTOKERATIN 15; CYTOKERATIN 16; CYTOKERATIN 17; CYTOKERATIN 19; KERATIN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ROOT HAIR; SKIN EPITHELIUM; TRICHILEMMOMA; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; HAIR DISEASES; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; KERATINS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0043136558     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2003.05304.x     Document Type: Article

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