Diagnostic value of Sox10 immunohistochemical staining for the detection of metastatic melanoma in sentinel lymph nodes: Correspondence

Histopathology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 626-628

  Blochin, Elen ^a   Nonaka, Daisuke ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELAN A; PROTEIN S 100; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX10;

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; MELANOMA; MELANOMA CELL; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE;

ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; S100 PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOXE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 71049126963     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2009.03415.x     Document Type: Letter

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