P75 nerve growth factor receptor staining is superior to S100 in identifying spindle cell and desmoplastic melanoma

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 852-858

  Lazova, Rossitza ^a   Tantcheva Poor, Iliana ^b   Sigal, Alicia C ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

desmoplastic; desmoplastic melanoma; nerve growth factor receptor; p75; spindle cell melanoma

Indexed keywords

MELAN A; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HMB 45; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; PROTEIN P75; PROTEIN S 100;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESMOPLASTIC SMALL ROUND CELL TUMOR; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; STAINING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOMA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; S100 PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STAINING AND LABELING; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77958013214     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2009.11.688     Document Type: Article

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