VEGF and VEGFR-2 immunohistochemistry in human melanocytic naevi and cutaneous melanomas

Melanoma Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-43

  Pisacane, Alberto M ^a   Risio, Mauro ^a  

^a CANDIOLO CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autocrine growth; Malignant melanoma; Naevus; VEGF; VEGFR 2

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; BENIGN TUMOR; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CARCINOGENESIS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOCYTIC TUMOR; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; MICROVESSEL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2;

EID: 14844358974     PISSN: 09608931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008390-200502000-00007     Document Type: Article

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