Comparison of tyrosinase-related protein-2, S-100, and melan A immunoreactivity in canine amelanotic melanomas

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 713-718

  Choi, C ^b   Kusewitt, D F ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dogs; Immunohistochemistry; Melan A protein; Melanoma; S 100 proteins; Tyrosinase related protein 2

Indexed keywords

MELAN A; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTEIN S 100; TYROSINASE RELATED PROTEIN 2; DOPACHROME ISOMERASE; ISOMERASE; MART1 ANTIGEN; TUMOR ANTIGEN; TUMOR PROTEIN;

AMELANOTIC MELANOMA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DISEASE MARKER; DOG DISEASE; FIBROSARCOMA; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; METASTASIS; NEURILEMOMA; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STAINING; TUMOR CELL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOG; IMMUNOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TUMOR;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAMOLECULAR OXIDOREDUCTASES; MELANOMA, AMELANOTIC; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; S100 PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 1542496325     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1354/vp.40-6-713     Document Type: Article

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