Circulating tumor cells and melanoma progression

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 130, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2349-2351

  Xu, Xiaowei ^a   Zhong, Jiang F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; TUMOR MARKER;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CIRCULATING TUMOR CELL; CYTOMETRY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH VESSEL; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR RECURRENCE; DISEASE COURSE; PATHOLOGY; SECONDARY; SKIN TUMOR; TUMOR EMBOLISM;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MELANOMA; NEOPLASTIC CELLS, CIRCULATING; PROGNOSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77956813453     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2010.215     Document Type: Note

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