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Wide excision without radiation for desmoplastic melanoma
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2005-10-01)
BACKGROUND Adjuvant radiation has been proposed for the treatment of patients with desmoplastic melanoma, who reportedly have local recurrence rates as high as 40–60%. The authors investigated local recurrence rates at a ...
Cluster designation 5 staining of normal and non-lymphoid neoplastic skin *
(Munksgaard International PublishersBlackwell Publishing Ltd, 2005-01)
Immunohistochemical staining for cluster designation 5 (CD5) has been found to label a variety of non-lymphoid tumors. Methods: A variety of eccrine, apocrine, follicular, epithelial, and pagetoid lesions were selected ...
Expression of polycomb group protein EZH2 in nevi and melanoma
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2007-08)
WNT signaling affects gene expression in the ventral diencephalon and pituitary gland growth
(Wiley-Liss, Inc., 2008-06)
WNT5A deficiency causes pituitary dysmorphology and ectopic melanotrope differentiation. Immunohistochemistry for prohormone convertase 2 (PC2) marks melanotrope cells, which are normally confined to the intermediate lobe ...
Lymphatic mapping and sentinel lymph node biopsy in the detection of early metastasis from sweat gland carcinoma See related editorial on pages 2134–6 and accompanying article on pages 2279–84, this issue.
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2003-05-01)
BACKGROUND Several subtypes of sweat gland carcinoma have been found to demonstrate a propensity to metastasize systemically and to regional lymph nodes. The predictive value and benefit of sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy ...
Analysis of phenotypic variation in psoriasis as a function of age at onset and family history
(Springer-Verlag, 2002-07)
To evaluate the relationship between psoriasis disease severity, age at onset, and family history, we analyzed 537 US psoriatics, most of whom were from Michigan. Total body surface area involvement (%TBSA), presence or ...
Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase Gene PTPN22 Polymorphism in Psoriasis: Lack of Evidence for Association
(Blackwell Science Inc, 2005-05)
Giant folliculosebaceous cystic hamartoma of the upper extremity
(Munksgaard International PublishersBlackwell Publishing Ltd, 2004-03)
Folliculosebaceous cystic hamartoma (FSCH) is a rare cutaneous hamartoma consisting of dilated folliculosebaceous units invested in mesenchymal elements. These lesions have a striking predilection for the central face and ...
Evaluating the severity of dermatologic disorders
(Blackwell Publishing Inc, 2009-05)
Assessment of a patient's disease severity is an essential component of formulating therapeutic strategies. However, disorders of the skin are often not amenable to strict classification criteria, and the dermatologist ...
Matrix Metalloproteinase-1 is the Major Collagenolytic Enzyme Responsible for Collagen Damage in UV-irradiated Human Skin ¶
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2003-07)
Punch biopsies of human skin were obtained 1 day after irradiation with two minimal-erythema doses (MED) from either a UVB light source or a Solar Simulator and incubated in organ culture for 72 h. Organ culture fluids ...