Merkel cells in the human oesophagus

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 176-179

  Harmse, J L ^a   Carey, F A ^a   Baird, A R ^a   Craig, S R ^b   Christie, K N ^c   Hopwood, D ^a   Lucocq, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytokeratin 20; Merkel cells; Oesophagus; Small cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MERKEL CELL; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; STEREOMETRY;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CELL COUNT; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; KERATIN-20; MERKEL CELLS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032851503     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199910)189:2<176::AID-PATH416>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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