hTERT expression in melanocytic lesions: an immunohistochemical study on paraffin-embedded tissue
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hTERT expression in melanocytic lesions: an immunohistochemical study on paraffin-embedded tissue.
BACKGROUND Telomerase plays a role in the immortalization of cells and carcinogenesis. Previous studies have yielded conflicting results on whether human telomerase RNA (hTER) expression differs in nevi, atypical nevi and melanomas using polymerase chain reaction-based telomeric repeat amplification protocol or in situ hybridization assays. The aim of this study was to evaluate human telomerase...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Cutaneous Pathology
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0303-6987,1600-0560
DOI: 10.1111/j.0303-6987.2005.00403.x