Generalized trichoepitheliomas with alopecia and myasthenia gravis: Clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical study and comparison with classic and desmoplastic trichoepithelioma

November 1986 in “ Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology ”

Theo M. Starink, E. Birgitte Lane, Chris J.L.M. Meijer

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