Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction for expression of tyrosinase to identify malignant melanoma cells in peripheral blood

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 297-301

  Pittman, K ^a   Burchill, S ^a   Smith, B ^a   Southgate, J ^a   Joffe, J ^a   Gore, M ^b   Selby, P ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disseminating disease; Melanoma; RT PCR; Tyrosinase

Indexed keywords

MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSEMINATED CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0030009632     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.annonc.a010575     Document Type: Article

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