Progesterone and estrogen receptors in conjunctival melanoma and nevi

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 252, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 359-365

  Bredow, Laura ^a   Stützel, Lisa ^a   Böhringer, Daniel ^a   Gundlach, Enken ^a   Reinhard, Thomas ^a   Auw Haedrich, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conjunctiva; Conjunctival melanoma; Estrogen; Hormone receptor; Nevus; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONJUNCTIVAL NEOPLASMS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84894050942     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: 1435702X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-013-2523-0     Document Type: Article

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