Human melanoma progression in skin reconstructs: Biological significance of bFGF

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 193-200

  Meier, Friedegund ^a   Nesbit, Mark ^a   Hsu, Mei Yu ^a   Martin, Bernard ^b   Van Belle, Patricia ^c   Elder, David E ^c   Schaumburg Lever, Gundula ^d   Garbe, Claus ^d   Walz, Tania Marina ^d   Donatien, Philippe ^a   Crombleholme, Timothy M ^b   Herlyn, Meenhard ^a  

^a WISTAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CELL GROWTH; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; KERATINOCYTE; MELANOMA; MONOLAYER CULTURE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033883797     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)64719-0     Document Type: Article

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