Pseudoglandular-type melanoma: A rare melanoma variant

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 588-590

  Tarlow, Mordechai M ^a   Nemlick, Alfred S ^a   Rothenberg, Jerry ^a   Schwartz, Robert A ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; MITOSIS; PSEUDOGLANDULAR TYPE MELANOMA; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADENOMA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; S100 PROTEINS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 43349090010     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2007.00847.x     Document Type: Article

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