Morphology of melanocytic lesions in situ.
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SUBMITTER: Balois T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3887378 | biostudies-literature | 2014
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Morphology of melanocytic lesions in situ.
Balois Thibaut T Ben Amar Martine M
Scientific reports 20140110
Melanoma is a solid tumour with its own specificity from the biological and morphological viewpoint. On one hand, numerous mutations are already known affecting different pathways. They usually concern proliferation rate, apoptosis, cell senescence and cell behaviour. On the other hand, several visual criteria at the tissue level are used by physicians in order to diagnose skin lesions. Nevertheless, the mechanisms between the changes from the mutations at the cell level to the morphology exhibi ...[more]
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