Primary neuroendocrine carcinoma of the skin expresses tyrosinase mRNA: Detection by a specific nested PCR technique

Dermatology

Volumn 194, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 334-337

  Alegre, M ^a   Puig, L ^a   Carreno R ^b   Baiget, M ^c   Del Rio, E ^c   Fernandez Figueras, M T ^d   de Moragasa, J M ^a  

^a Department of Dermatology ^*  (Spain)

^b Hospital Cruz Roja   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Merkel cell carcinoma; Nested polymerase chain reaction; Primary neuroendocrine; Reverse transcriptase; Tyrosinase

Indexed keywords

KERATIN; MESSENGER RNA; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER STAGING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN CARCINOMA; STEM CELL;

EID: 0030749897     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: 14219832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000246129     Document Type: Article

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