Anti-cytokeratin 20 staining of Merkel cells helps differentiate basaloid proliferations overlying dermatofibromas from basal cell carcinoma

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 491-495

  Mahmoodi, Mandana ^a   Asad, Haider ^a   Salim, Sadia ^a   Kantor, Gary ^a   Minimo, Corrado ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN 20; CYTOKERATIN ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CELL DENSITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOFIBROMA; EPIDERMIS CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MERKEL CELL; MORPHOMETRICS; STAINING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOMA, BENIGN FIBROUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; KERATIN-20; MALE; MERKEL CELLS; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 22844453128     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0303-6987.2005.00370.x     Document Type: Article

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