Acetylcholine receptor expression in merkel cell carcinoma

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 340-343

  Bowers, Jeremy W ^a   Schlauder, Scott M ^a   Calder, Kenneth B ^a   Morgan, Michael B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Merkel cell carcinoma; Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

Indexed keywords

MUSCARINIC M3 RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC M5 RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BETA2; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STAINING; BIOSYNTHESIS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN TUMOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 51149093744     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e31816797e4     Document Type: Article

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