Cytokeratin profile in basal cell carcinoma

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 249-255

  Alessi, Elvio ^a   Venegoni, Luigia ^a   Fanoni, Daniele ^a   Berti, Emilio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Cytokeratin; Monoclonal antibody; Skin tumor

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; CYTOKERATIN 1; CYTOKERATIN 10; CYTOKERATIN 14; CYTOKERATIN 15; CYTOKERATIN 16; CYTOKERATIN 17; CYTOKERATIN 18; CYTOKERATIN 19; CYTOKERATIN 5; CYTOKERATIN 6; CYTOKERATIN 7; CYTOKERATIN 8; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; KERATIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ADNEXA DISEASE; ADULT; APOCRINE GLAND; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PILOMATRIXOMA; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SAMPLING; SEBACEOUS GLAND; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CHEMISTRY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HAIR DISEASE; HAIR FOLLICLE; KERATINOCYTE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; SKIN; SKIN TUMOR;

CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HAIR DISEASES; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; KERATINS; PILOMATRIXOMA; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 45849099468     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e31816c828a     Document Type: Article

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