The prognostic significance of basic fibroblast growth factor in cutaneous malignant melanoma

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 506-510

  Al Alousi, Suad ^a   Barnhill, Raymond ^a,c   Blessing, Karen ^b   Barksdale, Sarah ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOMA; PROGNOSIS; TIME; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030459986     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.1996.tb01442.x     Document Type: Article

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