Morphological and molecular characteristics of nested melanoma of the elderly (evolved lentiginous melanoma)

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 461, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 433-439

  Pennacchia, Ilaria ^a   Garcovich, Simone ^a   Gasbarra, Rita ^b   Leone, Alvaro ^b   Arena, Vincenzo ^a   Massi, Guido ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

FISH; Melanoma; Nested; Nevi

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CCND1 GENE; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CEP6 GENE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DERMOEPIDERMAL JUNCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVOLVED LENTIGINOUS MELANOMA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; MORPHOLOGY; NEVUS; ONCOGENE; ONCOGENE MYB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RREB1 GENE; SUN EXPOSURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84867398375     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: 14322307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-012-1293-0     Document Type: Article

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