Comparison of MART-1 frozen sections to permanent sections using a rapid 19-minute protocol

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 207-213

  Cherpelis, Basil S ^a,b   Moore, Richard ^a   Ladd, Sharron ^a   Chen, Ren ^a   Frank Glass, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MDC 79 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; MELAN A; PARAFFIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATINOCYTE; MALE; MELANOCYTE; NUCLEAR SIZE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DOGS; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; HUTCHINSON'S MELANOTIC FRECKLE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINOCYTES; MALE; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MOHS SURGERY; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 58849156853     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2008.34411.x     Document Type: Article

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