Acral lentiginous melanoma: Conventional histology vs. three-dimensional histology

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 591-599

  Lichte, V ^a   Breuninger, H ^a   Metzler, G ^a   Haefner, H M ^a   Moehrle, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acral lentiginous melanoma; Immunohistology; Melanoma; Micrographic surgery; Mohs surgery; Three dimensional histology

Indexed keywords

PARAFFIN;

ACRAL LENTIGINOUS MELANOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MOHS SURGERY; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 60449107938     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2008.08954.x     Document Type: Article

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