Lack of maturation with anti-leptin receptor antibody in melanoma but not in nevi

Modern Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 103-106

  Diwan, A Hafeez ^a   Dang, Shyam M ^a   Prieto, Victor G ^a   Ellerhorst, Julie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Lack of maturation; Leptin receptor; Melanoma; Nevi

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JUVENILE MELANOMA; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANTIBODIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEPTIN; MELANOMA; NEVUS; RECEPTORS, LEPTIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 58149168959     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: 15300285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.2008.166     Document Type: Article

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