Microphthalmia transcription factor: Not a sensitive or specific marker for the diagnosis of desmoplastic melanoma and spindle cell (Non-Desmoplastic) melanoma

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 185-189

  Granter, Scott R ^a   Weilbaecher, Katherine N ^b   Quigley, Catherine ^a   Fletcher, Christopher D M ^a   Fisher, David E ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

D5; Melanocytes; Melanoma; Microphthalmia; Mitf; Nevus; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

MELAN A; MICROPHTHALMIA ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PROTEIN S 100; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DERMATOFIBROMA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOMA; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; NEURILEMOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINDLE CELL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOMA; MICROPHTHALMIA-ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; S100 PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0035015781     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-200106000-00004     Document Type: Article

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