Ber-EP4 is a useful marker for follicular germinative cell differentiation of cutaneous epithelial neoplasms

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 688-692

  Ansai, Shin Ichi ^a   Takayama, Ryoko ^b   Kimura, Tetsunori ^c   Kawana, Seiji ^b  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL MUSASHI KOSUGI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c Sapporo Dermatopathology Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

basal cell carcinoma; Ber EP4; poroma; seborrheic keratosis; trichoblastoma; trichoepithelioma

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY BER EP4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BOWEN DISEASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOPLASM; ECCRINE POROMA; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS; SKIN CANCER; SWEAT GLAND; TRICHOBLASTOMA; TRICHOEPITHELIOMA;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BOWEN'S DISEASE; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84864409654     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2011.01494.x     Document Type: Article

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