Immunohistochemical detection of the c-met proto-oncogene product in the congenital melanocytic nevus of an infant with neurocutaneous melanosis

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 538-540

  Takayama, Hisashi ^a   Nagashima, Yoji ^b   Hara, Masamichi ^c   Takagi, Hitoshi ^a   Mori, Masatomo ^a   Merlino, Glenn ^d   Nakazato, Yoichi ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCATTER FACTOR; SCATTER FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOSIS; MENINX; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHAKOMATOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTO ONCOGENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0035106635     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mjd.2001.112403     Document Type: Article

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