The importance of consumption of the epidermis in malignant melanoma and correlation with clinicopathological prognostic parameters;Malign melanoma'da epidermal yapisal deǧişikliklerin önemi ve klinikopatolojik prognostik parametreler ile i̇lişkisi

Turk Patoloji Dergisi/Turkish Journal of Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-56

  Seçkin, Selda ^a   Özgün, Elmas ^b  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Department of Pathology   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Epidermis; Melanoma; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGIC SKIN REACTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MELANOMA; MITOSIS INDEX; PROGNOSIS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN ULCER;

EID: 79551718978     PISSN: 10185615     EISSN: 13095730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5146/tjpath.2010.01047     Document Type: Article

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