The utility of elastic Verhoeff-Van Gieson staining in dermatopathology

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 211-225

  Kazlouskaya, Viktoryia ^a   Malhotra, Saurabh ^b   Lambe, Jennifer ^a   Idriss, Munir Hassen ^a   Elston, Dirk ^a   Andres, Christian ^c,d  

^a ACKERMAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOPATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d Gemeinschaftspraxis für Dermatohistologie Gummer and Andres München   (Germany)

Author keywords

alopecia; anetoderma; elastin; melanocytic lesions

Indexed keywords

DERMATOLOGY; ELASTIC TISSUE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SKIN DISEASE; STAINING;

DERMATOLOGY; ELASTIC TISSUE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; SKIN DISEASES; STAINING AND LABELING;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872718679     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cup.12036     Document Type: Review

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