Estrogen receptor alpha overexpression in multinucleate cell angiohistiocytoma: New insights into the pathogenesis of a reactive process

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 655-659

  Cesinaro, Anna Maria ^a   Roncati, Luca ^a   Maiorana, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

dermatofibroma; estrogen receptor alpha; immunohistochemistry; multinucleate cell angiohistiocytoma

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8A; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOFIBROMA; FEMALE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR GROWTH; HISTIOCYTOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESENCHYME CELL; MULTINUCLEAR CELL; MULTINUCLEATE CELL ANGIOHISTIOCYTOMA; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SPINDLE CELL;

ADULT; AGED; DERMATITIS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FACTOR XIIIA; FEMALE; GIANT CELLS; HISTIOCYTOMA, BENIGN FIBROUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 77957377028     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e3181d3ca49     Document Type: Article

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