Melanin containing cells of the uterine cervix and a possible histogenesis - A case report

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 22-23

  Saikia, Uma Nahar ^a   Dey, Pranab ^b   Saikia, Biman ^b   Gupta, Indu ^b  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b PGIMER   (India)

Author keywords

Melanin; Neural; Uterine cervix

Indexed keywords

HUMAN MELANIN BLACK 45; MELANIN; MELANOMA ANTIGEN; PROTEIN S 100; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HISTOGENESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MELANIN CONTAINING CELL; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; MELANOSIS; NERVE CELL; PRECANCER; SCHMORL STAIN; SQUAMOUS CELL METAPLASIA; STAINING; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERUS PROLAPSE;

ADULT; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; MELANOSIS; S100 PROTEINS;

EID: 4444314906     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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