Expression of sex hormone receptors and cell cycle proteins in melanocytic lesions of the ocular conjunctiva

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 244, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 113-117

  Pache, Mona ^a   Glatz Krieger, Katharina ^b   Sauter, Guido ^b   Meyer, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY EYE CLINIC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Melanocytic lesions; MIB1 Ki67; Ocular conjunctiva; p16; Progesterone; Tissue microarray

Indexed keywords

CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTEIN P16;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CARCINOGENESIS; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVA TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; MELANOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE MICROARRAY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL COUNT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONJUNCTIVAL NEOPLASMS; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR P16; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MALE; MELANOMA; MELANOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE;

EID: 29544435715     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-005-0035-2     Document Type: Article

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