Trichoadenoma of Nikolowski is a distinct neoplasm within the spectrum of follicular tumors

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 277-283

  Shimanovich, Iakov ^a   Krahl, Dieter ^b   Rose, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b Institute for Dermatohistology   (Germany)

Author keywords

androgen receptor; Ber EP4; cytokeratin 20; dermatopathology; desmoplastic trichoepithelioma; Merkel cell; trichoadenoma

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CYTOKERATIN 20; EPITHELIAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; TUMOR MARKER;

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DESMOPLASTIC TRICHOEPITHELIOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MERKEL CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRICHOADENOMA; TRICHOEPITHELIOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATIN-20; MALE; MERKEL CELLS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, BASAL CELL; NEOPLASMS, FIBROEPITHELIAL; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 73649140605     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2009.06.086     Document Type: Article

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