Pitfalls of Melan-A staining

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 917-918

  Andres, Christian ^a   Flaig, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MART1 ANTIGEN; TUMOR ANTIGEN; TUMOR PROTEIN;

HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; SKIN;

ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; SKIN;

EID: 77953446328     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2009.01442.x     Document Type: Article

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