Consumption of the epidermis: A diagnostic criterion for the differential diagnosis of melanoma and spitz nevus

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1621-1625

  Hantschke, Markus ^a   Bastian, Boris C ^b   LeBoit, Philip E ^b  

^a Dermatopathologische Gemeinschaftspraxis   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative genomic hybridization; Consumption of the epidermis; Criteria; Genetics; Melanoma; Pathology; Spitz nevus; Ulceration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPIDERMIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INJURY; JUVENILE MELANOMA; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; PROGNOSIS; SKIN ULCER;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; NEVUS, EPITHELIOID AND SPINDLE CELL; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PROGNOSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 9444225033     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200412000-00011     Document Type: Article

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