Melanoma markers in angiomyolipoma of the liver and kidney: A comparative study

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 49-55

  Makhlouf, Hala R ^a   Ishak, Kamal G ^a   Shekar, Raj ^a   Sesterhenn, Isabell A ^a   Young, Denise Y ^a   Fanburg Smith, Julie C ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELAN A;

ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; ARTICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY TUMOR; LIVER TUMOR; MELANOMA; SPINDLE CELL; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICROPHTHALMIA-ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MIDDLE AGED; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0036152923     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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