Myopericytoma and arterial intimal thickening: The relationship between myopericytes and myointimal cells

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 857-864

  Díaz Flores, Lucio ^a   Gutiérrez, Ricardo ^a   García, Maria P ^b   Úlvarez Argüelles, Hugo ^a   Díaz Floras Jr , Lucio ^a   Madrid, Juan F ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b Grupo Hospiten   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

myointimal cells; myopericytes; myopericytoma; neointimal cells; pericytes

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CALMODULIN BINDING PROTEIN; DESMIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA; HUMAN; INTIMA; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PERICYTE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TUMOR; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ACTINS; ADULT; AGED; CALMODULIN-BINDING PROTEINS; DESMIN; FEMALE; HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; PERICYTES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 80053554749     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2011.01778.x     Document Type: Article

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