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A variety of histochemical and immunohistochemical methods, if employed in the appropriate context and in a suitable combination, are useful for identifying and classifying cutaneous neural tumors.
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Argenyi, Z., Jokinen, C.H. (2011). Special Techniques for the Study of Cutaneous Neural Tumors. In: Cutaneous Neural Neoplasms. Current Clinical Pathology. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-582-8_2
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