Proliferation of HSP47-positive skin fibroblasts in dermatofibroma

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-26

  Kuroda, Kei ^a   Tajima, Shingo ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 13A; CD68 ANTIGEN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 47;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; DERMATOFIBROMA; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKIN FIBROBLAST;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, MYELOMONOCYTIC; CELL COUNT; CELL LINEAGE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; DENDRITIC CELLS; FACTOR XIIIA; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; GIANT CELLS; HISTIOCYTES; HISTIOCYTOMA, BENIGN FIBROUS; HSP47 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 37249042753     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2007.00768.x     Document Type: Article

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