SOX10 immunostaining distinguishes desmoplastic melanoma from excision scar

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 944-952

  Ramos Herberth, Frances Ivette ^a,b,c   Karamchandani, Jason ^a   Kim, Jinah ^a,b   Dadras, Soheil S ^a,b,d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Palm Beach Zoo   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOX10 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PRECANCER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCAR; SKIN TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CICATRIX; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOXE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77954510738     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2010.01568.x     Document Type: Article

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