Serum levels of glycoprotein Dickkopf-1 in patients with cutaneous malignant melanoma: A prospective pilot study

Dermatology

Volumn 222, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 171-175

  Feldmann, Robert ^a,d   Schierl, Michael ^c   Fink, Astrid M ^b   Sator, Paul Gunther ^a   Maiweg, Jacob ^a   Steiner, Andreas ^a  

^a Department of Dermatology   (Austria)

^b WILHELMINEN HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Dickkopf 1 glycoprotein, serum level; Malignant melanoma; Prospective study

Indexed keywords

DICKKOPF 1 PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NORMAL HUMAN; OPEN STUDY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VISCERAL METASTASIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955687732     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000324516     Document Type: Article

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