p53 abnormalities are rare events in neuroendocrine (Merkel cell) carcinoma of the skin. An immunohistochemical and SSCP analysis

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 430, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 233-237

  Schmid, Monika ^a   Janßen, Katharina ^a   Dockhorn Dworniczak, Barbara ^a   Metze, Dieter ^a   Zelger, Bernhard W ^b   Luger, Thomas A ^a   Schmid, Kurt W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Carcinogenesis; Tumour development; Tumour progression

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; PROTEIN P53;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SKIN CANCER; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; FEMALE; GENES, P53; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 0030934769     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01324807     Document Type: Article

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