Ezrin as a prognostic indicator and its relationship to tumor characteristics in uveal malignant melanoma

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 2442-2449

  Makitie T ^a   Carpen O ^a   Vaheri, A ^a   Kivela T ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EZRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL MIGRATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROVASCULATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UVEA MELANOMA;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; EYE ENUCLEATION; EYE PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MACROPHAGES; MELANOMA; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; UVEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034798394     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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