Differences of ploidy status in progression of head and neck melanomas

International Journal of Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 381-385

  Korabiowska, Monika ^a,c   Brinckmann, Uwe ^a   Kellner, Sieglinde ^a   Brinck, Ulrich ^a   Stachura, Jerzy ^b   Schauer, Alfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c Department of Pathology ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

CAS 200; head and neck melanoma; oral melanoma; ploidy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031050166     PISSN: 10196439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijo.10.2.381     Document Type: Article

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