Cytodiagnosis of amelanotic metastatic malignant melanoma: An immunocytochemical study

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 238-241

  Gupta, Raj K ^a   Lallu, Sharda ^a  

^a WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

amelanotic malignant melanoma; cytodiagnosis; immunostaining; metastatic

Indexed keywords

MELANIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMELANOTIC MELANOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MELANOMA, AMELANOTIC; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS;

EID: 0031004634     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199703)16:3<238::AID-DC9>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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