Perivascular migration: A clue to the histogenesis of PEComas?

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 528-529

  Fernandez Flores, Angel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL EL BIERZO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; MELAN A; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HMB 45; PROTEIN S 100;

ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; BLOOD VESSEL; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FOREBRAIN; HISTOGENESIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; LUNG TUMOR; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; NEURAL CREST CELL; NEURAL TUBE; NEURITE; NEUROECTODERM; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; PERICYTE; PERIVASCULAR EPITHELIOID CELL TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SUGAR CELL TUMOR; TISSUE CULTURE;

BLOOD VESSELS; CELL MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELANOCYTES; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79953050912     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: 15330311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e3181f87d52     Document Type: Letter

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