Immunocytochemical detection of MART-1 in fresh and paraffin-embedded malignant melanomas

Journal of Immunotherapy

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 60-64

  Fetsch, Patricia A ^a,b   Cormier, Janice ^a   Hijazi, Yasmine M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Laboratory of Pathology   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigen retrieval; Immunocytochemistry; MART 1; Melanoma

Indexed keywords

MELANOMA ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; TISSUE SECTION;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 0031434789     PISSN: 10538550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002371-199701000-00006     Document Type: Article

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