In situ hybridization and flow cytometric analysis of colorectal tumours suggests two routes of tumourigenesis characterized by gain of chromosome 7 or loss of chromosomes 17 and 18

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 243-247

  Herbergs, Jos ^a   Hopman, Anton H N ^b   De Bruïne, Adriaan P ^a   Ramaekers, Frans C S ^b   Arends, Jan Willem ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

colon; flow cytometry; in situ hybridization; interphase cytogenetics; trisomy 7

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CHROMOSOME 17; CHROMOSOME 18; CHROMOSOME 7; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COLORECTAL CANCER; DNA PROBE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KARYOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOMA; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 17; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 7; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; TRISOMY;

EID: 0029842219     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199607)179:3<243::AID-PATH588>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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