Basaloid skin tumours: Basal cell carcinoma

Current Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 252-272

  Carr, R A ^a   Taibjee, S M ^a   Sanders, D S A ^a  

^a WARWICK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Basaloid skin tumours; BerEP4; CD10; Epithelial membrane antigen; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

COMMON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY BEREP4; MUCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; SARCOMA; SKIN EPITHELIUM; SKIN TUMOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STROMA; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; TRICHOEPITHELIOMA;

EID: 34548042535     PISSN: 09686053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cdip.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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