Prognostic significance of the hair follicle stem cell marker nestin in patients with malignant melanoma

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 283-288

  Tanabe, Kenichi ^a   Amoh, Yasuyuki ^a   Kanoh, Maho ^a   Takasu, Hiroshi ^a   Sakai, Naohiko ^b   Sato, Yuichi ^b   Katsuoka, Kensei ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hair follicle stem cells; HMB 45; Malignant melanoma; Nestin; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEIN; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEIN 45; NESTIN; PROTEIN S 100; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; JAPAN; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952823545     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: 19524013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/ejd.2010.0909     Document Type: Article

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