Expression of androgen receptor by fibroepithelioma of Pinkus: Evidence supporting classification as a basal cell carcinoma variant?

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 7-12

  Katona, Terrence M ^a   Ravis, Scott M ^a   Perkins, Susan M ^a   Moores, William B ^a   Billings, Steven D ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Basal cell carcinoma; Cytokeratin 20; Fibroepithelioma of Pinkus; Hair follicle tumors

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CYTOKERATIN 20;

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROEPITHELIOMA OF PINKUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MERKEL CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TUMOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRICHOBLASTOMA; TRICHOEPITHELIOMA; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; DNA, NEOPLASM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; KERATIN-20; MERKEL CELLS; NEOPLASMS, FIBROEPITHELIAL; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33846875826     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.dad.0000245201.59762.d2     Document Type: Article

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