Expression and ultrastructural localization of HMB-45 antigen

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 400-405

  Kikuchi, A ^a   Shimizu, H ^a   Nishikawa, T ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; TUMOR MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOMA; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029798581     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1996.tb01503.x     Document Type: Article

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