Immunohistochemical demonstration of D2-40 in basal cell carcinomas of the skin

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 926-930

  Ishida, Mitsuaki ^a   Kushima, Ryoji ^a   Okabe, Hidetoshi ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIBODY; CYTOKERATIN 17; CYTOKERATIN 19; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY D2-40;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKIN CARCINOMA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, CD34; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; ENDOTHELIUM, LYMPHATIC; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATIN-17; KERATIN-19; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 51649124350     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2007.00936.x     Document Type: Article

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