Elastofibroma: A clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical study of seven cases and literature review

APMIS

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 115-119

  Gun, Banu Dogan ^a   Bahadir, Burak ^a   Behzatoglu, Kemal ^b   Gun, Mustafa Ozkan ^c   Ozdamar, Sukru Oguz ^a  

^a ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c Zonguldak Ataturk State Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

CD34; Elastofibroma; Immunohistochemistry; Mast cell

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; DESMIN; PROTEIN S 100; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; TRYPTASE; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIBROELASTOMA; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAST CELL; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MESENCHYME CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; TISSUE SECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FIBROMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; THORACIC NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846819044     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2007.apm_525.x     Document Type: Article

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