Apoptosis identified with DNA fragmentation in basal cell carcinomas

Archives of Dermatological Research

Volumn 288, Issue 5-6, 1996, Pages 258-261

  Mori, Osamu ^a   Hachisuka, Hiroshi ^a   Morita, Mihoko ^a   Kiyokawa, Chie ^a   Sasai, Yoichiro ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Basal cell carcinoma; TUNEL

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CELL DEATH; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; DNA, NEOPLASM; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; ORCHIECTOMY; PROSTATE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0029923593     PISSN: 03403696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004030050057     Document Type: Article

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