Merkel cells, normal and neoplastic: An update

Ultrastructural Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 287-294

  Sidhu, Gurdip S ^a,b   Chandra, Pranil ^a   Cassai, Nicholas D ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Merkel cell; Merkel cell carcinoma; Neurosecretory granules; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN 20;

CELL JUNCTION; CELL TYPE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DERMIS; DESMOSOME; EPIDERMIS; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; KERATINOCYTE; MERKEL CELL; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; MOUTH MUCOSA; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SKIN STRUCTURE; SUN EXPOSURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD24; CA-15-3 ANTIGEN; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; KERATIN-20; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MERKEL CELLS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE L1; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 22244439872     PISSN: 01913123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01913120590951284     Document Type: Conference Paper

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