Development and characterization of a clinically relevant mouse model of melanoma brain metastasis

Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 743-745

  Morsi, Amr ^a,b   Gaziel Sovran, Avital ^b   Cruz Munoz, William ^c   Kerbel, Robert S ^c   Golfinos, John G ^b   Hernando, Eva ^b   Wadghiri, Youssef Z ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN TISSUE; CARCINOGENESIS; EX VIVO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MELANOMA; MELANOMA CELL; MICROENVIRONMENT; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHENOTYPE; TROPISM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MELANOMA; MELANOMA, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 84882920307     PISSN: 17551471     EISSN: 1755148X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pcmr.12114     Document Type: Article

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