Expression of fibroblast growth factor receptors in naevus-cell naevus and malignant melanoma

Melanoma Research

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 299-305

  Ahmed, N U ^a   Ueda, M ^a   Ito, A ^a   Ohashi, A ^a   Funasaka, Y ^a   Ichihashi, M ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basic fibroblast growth factor; Fibroblast growth factor receptors; Immunohistochemistry; Malignant melanoma; Naevus cell naevus; Western blot

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOMA; MELANOMA CELL; NEVUS CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOMA; NEVUS; RECEPTORS, FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030770641     PISSN: 09608931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008390-199708000-00004     Document Type: Article

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