The p75 neurotrophin receptor, relative to other Schwann cell and melanoma markers, is abundantly expressed in spindled melanomas

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 288-294

  Iwamoto, Satori ^a   Burrows, Robert C ^a   Agoff, S Nicholas ^b   Piepkorn, Michael ^a   Bothwell, Mark ^a   Schmidt, Rodney ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Desmoplastic melanoma; GFAP; Immunocytochemistry; L1; Melanoma; Mohs surgery; p75 neurotrophin receptor; Perineural; Spindled melanoma; Tumor marker

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MELAN A; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR; PROTEIN P75; TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; CHEMOSURGERY; EPENDYMA CELL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LABELING INDEX; MELANOCYTOSIS; MELANOMA; PERINEURIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCHWANN CELL; SPINDLE CELL;

HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOMA; RECEPTOR, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTORS, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; SCHWANN CELLS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0034899253     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-200108000-00002     Document Type: Article

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