Existence and distribution of melanocytes and HMB-45-positive cells in the human minor salivary glands

Pathology International

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 15-19

  Takeda, Yasunori ^a  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

HMB 45; Human; Melanocyte; Salivary glands

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; DENDRITIC CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MELANOCYTE; MINOR SALIVA GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILVER IMPREGNATION; SUBMUCOSA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOCYTES; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; SALIVARY GLAND DISEASES; SALIVARY GLANDS, MINOR;

EID: 0034031278     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.2000.00998.x     Document Type: Article

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