Melanocytes of fetal dermis - Studies with anti-HMB-45 antibody

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2004, Pages

  Suder, Elzbieta ^a   Bruzewicz, Szymon ^a  

^a WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anti HMB 45 antibody; Melanocytes; Prenatal period; Skin

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HMB 45;

ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LABELING; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; EPIDERMIS; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOCYTE; NEURAL CREST CELL; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HAIR; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOCYTES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 3342934929     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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