Fibroepithelioma of Pinkus is a true basal cell carcinoma developing in association with a newly identified tumour-specific type of epidermal hyperplasia

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 88-97

  Sellheyer, K ^a,b   Nelson, P ^b   Kutzner, H ^c  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Nelson Dermatopathology Associates   (United States)

^c Dermatopathologie Friedrichshafen   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CELL MARKER; PROTEIN PHLDA1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIDERMIS; EPIDERMIS HYPERPLASIA; FETUS; GENE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MERKEL CELL; PINKUS FIBROEPITHELIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEAT GLAND; T CELL DEATH ASSOCIATED GENE 51; TRICHOEPITHELIOMA;

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; DOWN-REGULATION; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MERKEL CELLS; NEOPLASMS, FIBROEPITHELIAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SWEAT GLANDS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84655160802     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2011.10612.x     Document Type: Article

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