Melanocytes express 3G5 surface antigen

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 200-204

  Fiedler, Eckhard ^a   Nayak, Ramesh C ^b   Marsch, Wolfgang Ch ^a   Helmbold, Peter ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

3G5; Ganglioside antigen; Human skin; Immunofluorescence; Melanoma

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN 3G5; FLUOROCHROME; GANGLIOSIDE; MELANOCYTIC ANTIBODY A103; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 3G5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BENIGN TUMOR; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL SURFACE; CELL TYPE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS; SKIN METASTASIS; SKIN TUMOR;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; GANGLIOSIDES; HUMANS; KERATOSIS, SEBORRHEIC; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 2442636311     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-200406000-00005     Document Type: Article

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