Benign myoepithelioma of the skin

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 208-212

  Fernández Figueras, Maria Teresa ^a   Puig, Lluís ^b   Trias, Isabel ^c   Lorenzo, Juan Carlos ^a   Navas Palacios, José Jerónimo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^c Clinica Platon   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mixed tumor; Myoepithelial cell; Myoepithelioma; Skin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; KERATIN; PROTEIN S 100;

AGED; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; DESMOSOME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MALE; MIXED TUMOR; MYOEPITHELIOMA; MYOEPITHELIUM CELL; PINOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TUMOR;

ACTINS; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MYOEPITHELIOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 18744427813     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-199804000-00020     Document Type: Article

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