Nestin-positive stem cells in neurofibromas from patients with neurofibromatosis type 1-tumorigenic or incidental?

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 574-577

  Pongpudpunth, Marinya ^a   Bhawan, Jag ^a   Al Natour, Sahar H ^b   Mahalingam, Meera ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

nestin; neurofibromatosis type 1

Indexed keywords

MELAN A; NESTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOGENESIS; NEURAL CREST CELL; NEUROFIBROMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCHWANN CELL; STEM CELL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROFIBROMATOSES; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955174950     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e3181cc8c7c     Document Type: Article

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