Clonality of Basal Cell Carcinoma - Molecular Analysis of an Interesting Case

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 579-582

  Walsh, Douglas S ^a,c   Tsou, Hui C ^b,d   Harrington, Allan ^a   James, William D ^a,e   Peacocke, Monica ^b,d  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

^d Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor gene (HUMARA); Polymerase chain reaction; Restriction fragment length polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; DNA; PRIMER DNA;

AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CELL CLONE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HUMAN; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOLOGY; SKIN TUMOR; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

AGED; BASE SEQUENCE; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CLONE CELLS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, NEOPLASM; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 0029670153     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1523-1747.ep12344982     Document Type: Article

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