CD44 and melanocytic tumors: A possible role for standard CD44 in the epidermotropic spread of melanoma

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 133-139

  Fernández Figueras, María Teresa ^a   Ariza, Aurelio ^a   Calatrava, Ana ^a   Puig, Lluís ^b   Fernández Vasalo, Angeles ^a   Ferrándiz, Carlos ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; HERMES ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BLUE NEVUS; CANCER INVASION; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MELANOCYTE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; NEVUS; SKIN METASTASIS; TISSUE SECTION;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, CD44; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOMA; NEVUS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0029873513     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.1996.tb01286.x     Document Type: Article

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