Clonality of basal cell carcinoma arising in an epidermal nevus: New insights provided by molecular analysis

Dermatology

Volumn 218, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 278-281

  Hafner, Christian ^a   Klein, Annette ^a   Landthaler, Michael ^a   Vogt, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Clonality; Epidermal nevus; FGFR3; PIK3CA

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN PIK3CA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACANTHOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CASE REPORT; CLONAL VARIATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEVUS; PAPILLOMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TRUNK; TUMOR BIOPSY;

1-PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; NEVUS; RECEPTOR, FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR, TYPE 3; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 62049086003     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000189209     Document Type: Article

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