Morphological variations of scar-related and spontaneous endometriosis of the skin and superficial soft tissue: A study of 71 cases with emphasis on atypical features and types of müllerian differentiations

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 134-146

  Kazakov, Dmitry V ^a   Ondic, Ondrej ^a   Zamecnik, Michal ^a   Shelekhova, Ksenia V ^c   Mukensnabl, Petr ^a   Hes, Ondrej ^a   Dvorak, Vladimir ^b   Michal, Michal ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b Ob/gyn Clinic   (Czech Republic)

^c N N PETROV RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN ENDOMETRIOSIS; SUPERFICIAL SOFT TISSUE ENDOMETRIOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD56; CICATRIX; ENDOMETRIOSIS; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METAPLASIA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 34250203932     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2006.11.036     Document Type: Article

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