Detection of CD44 splice variants in formalin fixed, paraffin-embedded specimens of human skin cancer

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-42

  Dietrich, A ^a   Tanczos, E ^a   Vanscheidt, W ^a   Schopf E ^a   Simon, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; FORMALDEHYDE; HERMES ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PARAFFIN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CRYOPRESERVATION; EXON; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CANCER; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TECHNIQUE;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANTIGENS, CD44; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0031029706     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.1997.tb00783.x     Document Type: Article

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