Blue nevus of the prostate

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 799-802

  Dailey, Virginia L ^a   Hameed, Omar ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOSIDERIN; HOMOGENTISIC ACID; LIPOFUSCIN; TUMOR MARKER;

BLUE NEVUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOMA; MELANOSIS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PROSTATE TUMOR; REVIEW;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEMOSIDERIN; HOMOGENTISIC ACID; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPOFUSCIN; MALE; MELANOMA; MELANOSIS; NEVUS, BLUE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 79958839642     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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