Epithelioid and hyperpigmented melanocytic tumors: An overview;Epitheloidzellige und hyperpigmentierte melanozytäre tumoren: Eine übersicht

Pathologe

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 411-421

  Kutzner, H ^a   Scharer L ^a   Requena, L ^b  

^a Dermatopathologische Gemeinschaftspraxis   (Germany)

^b Hospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

Author keywords

Animal type melanoma; Blue nevus; Deep penetrating nevus; Nevus associated malignant melanoma; Reed nevus

Indexed keywords

BLUE NEVUS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; DISEASE COURSE; EPITHELIOID CELL; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MELANOCYTE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SPINDLE CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; MELANOMA, EXPERIMENTAL; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 35748946036     PISSN: 01728113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00292-007-0940-8     Document Type: Review

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