Microsatellite instability and mismatch repair protein expression in sebaceous tumors, keratocanthoma, and basal cell carcinomas with sebaceous differentiation in Muir-Torre syndrome

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 509-510

  Ponti, Giovanni ^a   Longo, Caterina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B RAF KINASE; MISMATCH REPAIR PROTEIN; PROTEIN MSH2;

BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; FAMILY HISTORY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GENE MUTATION; HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS COLORECTAL CANCER; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATOACANTHOMA; LETTER; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MUIR TORRE SYNDROME; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEBACEOUS GLAND TUMOR;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; DNA MISMATCH REPAIR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; SEBACEOUS GLAND NEOPLASMS; VISCERA;

EID: 84873575237     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2012.09.054     Document Type: Letter

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