Expression of cadherin/catenin cell-cell adhesion molecules in a onychomatricoma

International Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 349-353

  Burchette, James L ^a   Pham, Tram T ^a   Higgins, Steven P ^a   Cook, Jonathan L ^a   Soler, Alejandro Peralta ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Richfield Laboratory of Dermatopathology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadherins; Immunohistochemistry; Onychomatricoma

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; CATENIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; P CADHERIN; UVOMORULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EXCISION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NAIL DISEASE; ONYCHOMATRICOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

BETA CATENIN; CADHERINS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MIDDLE AGED; NAIL DISEASES; NAILS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 45749104731     PISSN: 10668969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066896907310374     Document Type: Article

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