Atypical neurofibroma of the skin and subcutaneous tissue: Clinicopathologic analysis of 11 cases

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-42

  Jokinen, Chris H ^a   Argenyi, Zsolt B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN P16; PROTEIN P53; PROTEIN S 100;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MITOSIS; NEUROFIBROMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NERVE SHEATH NEOPLASMS; NEUROFIBROMA; S100 PROTEINS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71049167620     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2009.01293.x     Document Type: Article

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