Spitz nevus and its variants: Distinctive clinical and histopathologic features

Pathology Case Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 235-239

  Pérez, Aivlys ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Epithelioid cell nevus; Spindle cell nevus; Spitz nevus

Indexed keywords

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JUVENILE MELANOMA; MELANOMA; NEVUS CELL; NICK END LABELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING; TUMOR BIOPSY;

EID: 35948968774     PISSN: 10829784     EISSN: 15334015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCR.0b013e31815a00bd     Document Type: Review

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