Imaging mass spectrometry - A new and promising method to differentiate Spitz nevi from Spitzoid malignant melanomas

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 82-90

  Lazova, Rossitza ^a   Seeley, Erin H ^b   Keenan, Megan ^a   Gueorguieva, Ralitza ^a   Caprioli, Richard M ^b  

^a YALE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

atypical Spitzoid neoplasm; imaging mass spectrometry; MALDI; malignant melanoma; matrix assisted laser desorption ionization; proteomics; Spitz nevus; Spitzoid melanoma

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DERMIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JUVENILE MELANOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MELANOMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEOMICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN BIOPSY; SPITZOID MALIGNANT MELANOMA; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEVUS, EPITHELIOID AND SPINDLE CELL; PROTEOMICS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856228044     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: 15330311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e31823df1e2     Document Type: Article

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