Quantitative comparison of MiTF, Melan-A, HMB-45 and Mel-5 in solar lentigines and melanoma in situ

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 775-779

  Kim, Jinah ^a,b   Taube, Janis M ^c   McCalmont, Timothy H ^d,e   Glusac, Earl J ^f  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

malignant melanoma; Melan A; melanocyte; melanocytic lesions; melanoma

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; HMB 45 PROTEIN, HUMAN; HMB-45 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MEL 5 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MEL-5 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MELAN A; MELANOMA ANTIGEN; MICROPHTHALMIA ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MITF PROTEIN, HUMAN; MLANA PROTEIN, HUMAN; TUMOR MARKER;

AGED; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL NUCLEUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATINOCYTE; LENTIGO; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TUMOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL COUNT; CELL NUCLEUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; LENTIGO; MALE; MART-1 ANTIGEN; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; MELANOMA-SPECIFIC ANTIGENS; MICROPHTHALMIA-ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 80052263529     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2011.01763.x     Document Type: Article

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