A revaluation of trichofolliculoma: The histopathological and immunohistochemical features

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-43

  Misago, Noriyuki ^a   Kimura, Tetsunori ^b   Toda, Shuji ^a   Mori, Toru ^a   Narisawa, Yutaka ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Sapporo Institute for Dermatopathology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytokeratin; Hair cycle; Hair follicle size; Hair follicle stem cell; Immunohistochemistry; Neurofollicular hamartoma; S 100 protein; Trichofolliculoma

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN 16; CYTOKERATIN 17; CYTOKERATIN 19;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR GROWTH; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINDLE CELL; STEM CELL; TRICHOEPITHELIOMA;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HAIR DISEASES; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS, HAIR-SPECIFIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77649172634     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e3181a77414     Document Type: Article

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