HMB-45 staining for cytology of primary melanoma of the vagina: A case report

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1077-1080

  Takehara, M ^a   Ito, E ^a   Saito, T ^a   Ashihara, K ^a   Yamashita, S ^a   Koizumi, M ^a   Kudo, R ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibodies; HMB; Melanoma, amelanotic; Vaginal neoplasms

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HMB 45;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MELANOMA; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; TUMOR BIOPSY; VAGINA CANCER; VAGINA SMEAR;

EID: 0033651394     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000328601     Document Type: Article

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