Two cases of multiple Spitz nevi: Correlating clinical, histologic, and fluorescence in situ hybridization findings

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 227-231

  Boone, Susan L ^a   Busam, Klaus J ^b   Marghoob, Ashfaq A ^b   Fang, Yuqiang ^b   Guitart, Joan ^a   Martini, Mary ^a   Gerami, Pedram ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 6; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIPLOIDY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; JUVENILE MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN METASTASIS; TETRAPLOIDY;

ADOLESCENT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIPLOIDY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, EPITHELIOID AND SPINDLE CELL; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TETRAPLOIDY;

EID: 79951996253     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2010.439     Document Type: Article

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