Immunostaining of the estrogen receptor in conjunctival primary acquired melanosis

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 210-212

  Chowers, Itay ^a,b   Livni, Nelly ^a   Frucht Pery, Joseph ^a   Pe'er, Jacob ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Estrogen receptors; Primary acquired melanosis

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; CONJUNCTIVA TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032892509     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000055534     Document Type: Article

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