Diagnostic and biological implications of Mel-CAM expression in mesenchymal neoplasms

Clinical Cancer Research

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 569-575

  Shih, Ie Ming ^a   Wang, Tian Li ^a   Westra, William H ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; MEL CAM ANTIGEN; MUCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEIOMYOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROFIBROMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMA;

ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD146; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPOSARCOMA; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, MUSCLE TISSUE; NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0029874258     PISSN: 10780432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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