The analysis of tyrosinase-specific mRNA in blood samples of melanoma patients by RT-PCR is not a useful test for metastatic tumor progression

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 166-169

  Reinhold, Uwe ^a   Lüdtke Handjery, Hans Christian ^a,b   Schnautz, Sylvia ^a   Kreysel, Hans Wilhelm ^a   Abken, Hinrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Metastatic melanoma; Tyrosinase mRNA

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0031020949     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1523-1747.ep12333341     Document Type: Article

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