S-100 Immunoreactivity in Melanomas of the South American Opossum Monodelphis domestica

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 346-350

  Kusewitt, D F ^a   Miska, K B ^b   Ley, R D ^b  

^a Pathology Associates International   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Carcinogens; Immunohistochemistry; Marsupialia; Melanoma; Opossums; Skin neoplasms; Ultraviolet rays

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN S 100;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EXPERIMENTAL MELANOMA; FEMALE; HYPERPLASIA; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; OPOSSUM; PATHOLOGY; SKIN; SKIN TUMOR;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HYPERPLASIA; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA, EXPERIMENTAL; OPOSSUMS; S100 PROTEINS; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031179747     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030098589703400411     Document Type: Article

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