Inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) expression may predict distant metastasis in human melanoma

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 79, Issue 9-10, 1999, Pages 1609-1612

  Tschugguel, W ^a   Pustelnik, T ^a   Lass, H ^a   Mildner, M ^a   Weninger, W ^a   Schneeberger, C ^a   Jansen, B ^a   Tschachler, E ^a   Waldhor T ^b   Huber, J C ^a   Pehamberger, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Human melanoma; Metastasis; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER STAGING; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INDUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE TUMOR; TUMOR CELL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0033009731     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690256     Document Type: Article

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