Is melanocytic nevus with focal atypical epithelioid components (clonal nevus) a superficial variant of deep penetrating nevus?

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 460-466

  High, Whitney A ^a   Alanen, Kenneth W ^b   Golitz, Loren E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DERMIS; EPITHELIOID CELL; ERROR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY; MALE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; METASTASIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CELL NUCLEUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOSIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 33746897724     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2006.04.054     Document Type: Article

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