p53 expression in uveal malignant melanomas

Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 306-308

  Jay, Venita ^a,b,c   Yi, Qiong ^a   Hunter, William S ^b   Zielenska, Maria ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Hospital for Sick   (Canada)

Author keywords

Choroidal neoplasm; Melanoma; p53; Tumor suppressor gene; Uveal neoplasm

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN P53;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOROID MELANOMA; CHROMOSOME 17P; CILIARY BODY TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; SPINDLE CELL; UVEA MELANOMA;

EID: 0030435737     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313029600169234     Document Type: Article

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