SOX9 expression is a general marker of basal cell carcinoma and adnexal-related neoplasms

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 373-379

  Vidal, Valérie P I ^a,b   Ortonne, Nicolas ^c   Schedl, Andreas ^a,b,d  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^c HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^d CENTRE DE BIOCHIMIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9;

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BOWEN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKIN TUMOR;

CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEOPLASMS, ADNEXAL AND SKIN APPENDAGE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 40549128662     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2007.00815.x     Document Type: Article

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