Comparative immunohistochemical oestrogen receptor analysis in primary and metastatic uveal melanoma

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 236, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 415-419

  Mäkitie, Teemu ^a   Tarkkanen, Ahti ^a   Kivelä, Tero ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIDIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FORMALDEHYDE; MELANIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PARAFFIN; PEROXIDASE;

ANTIGEN RETRIEVAL; ARTICLE; BIOTINYLATION; BLEACHING; CELL GRANULE; CELL INFILTRATION; CHOROID MELANOMA; CYTOPLASM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; METASTASIS; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; UVEA MELANOMA;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; UVEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031837449     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004170050099     Document Type: Article

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