CD44 expression in benign and malignant nevomelanocytic lesions

Human Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1288-1294

  Leigh, Christopher J ^b   Palechek, Patricia L ^b   Knutson, Jennifer R ^b   Mccarthy, James B ^b   Cohen, Michael B ^a   Argenyi, Zsolt B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

CD44; cellular adhesion molecules; immunohistochemistry; melanoma; nevus

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN SULFATE; DIAMINOBENZIDINE; HERMES ANTIGEN; HYALURONIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CELL ADHESION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MELANOMA; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN PROCESSING; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 0029807569     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0046-8177(96)90339-1     Document Type: Article

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