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Expression of keratins in cutaneous epithelial tumors and related disorders – distribution and clinical significance

Ichiro Kurokawa¹,
Kenzo Takahashi²,
Ingrid Moll³,
Roland Moll⁴

Article first published online: 16 FEB 2011

DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2009.01006.x

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Experimental Dermatology

Volume 20, Issue 3, pages 217–228, March 2011

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Kurokawa, I., Takahashi, K., Moll, I. and Moll, R. (2011), Expression of keratins in cutaneous epithelial tumors and related disorders – distribution and clinical significance. Experimental Dermatology, 20: 217–228. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2009.01006.x

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Department of Dermatology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Mie, Japan
²
Department of Dermatology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
³
Department of Dermatology and Venerology, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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Institute of Pathology, Philipps University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany

^*Ichiro Kurokawa, Department of Dermatology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-174, Edobashi, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan, Tel.: +81 59 232 1111x6421, Fax: + 81 59 231 5206, e-mail: kuroichi@clin.medic.mie-u.ac.jp

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