Desmoplastic nevus: Clinicopathologic keynotes

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 718-722

  Ferrara, Gerardo ^a   Brasiello, Marcella ^b   Annese, Pietro ^b   Francione, Sabrina ^b   Giorgio, Caterina M ^b   Moscarella, Elvira ^b   Zalaudek, Iris ^c   Argenziano, Giuseppe ^b  

^a G RUMMO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Dermoscopy; Desmoplastic nevus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; DERMATOFIBROMA; DESMOPLASTIC NEVUS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; NEVUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT;

ADULT; DERMOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOMA, BENIGN FIBROUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS; NEVUS, EPITHELIOID AND SPINDLE CELL; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 70349744253     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e3181a9f0ee     Document Type: Article

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