Primary Cutaneous Leiomyosarcoma: A Clinicopathological and Immunohistochemical Study of 7 Cases

International Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-44

  Bellezza, Guido ^a,b   Sidoni, Angelo ^a   Cavaliere, Antonio ^a   Scheibel, Massimo ^a   Bucciarelli, Emilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO MONTELUCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cutaneous leiomyosarcoma; Histopathology; Molecular abnormalities

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; DESMIN; PROTEIN P53; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CUTANEOUS LEIOMYOSARCOMA; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; METASTASIS; MITOSIS; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 0842304723     PISSN: 10668969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106689690401200106     Document Type: Article

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