Cutaneous malignant melanoma: Correlation between neovascularization and peritumor accumulation of mast cells overexpressing vascular endothelial growth factor

Human Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 955-960

  Tth, Tibor ^a   Tth Jakatics, Ria ^a   Jimi, Shiro ^a   Takebayashi, Shigeo ^a   Kawamoto, Noriko ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Growth factor; Immunostaining; Mast cell; Melanoma; Vascularization

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; TRYPSIN INHIBITOR; TRYPTASE; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MAST CELL; MELANOMA; MICROVASCULATURE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TUMOR GROWTH; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0033850853     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/hupa.2000.16658     Document Type: Article

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