Detection of the EWS/WT1 gene fusion by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction in the diagnosis of intra-abdominal desmoplastic small round cell tumor

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 406-412

  Argatoff, Larry H ^a   O'Connell, John X ^a   Mathers, Joan A ^a   Gilks, C Blake ^a   Sorensen, Poul H B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chimeric fusion transcripts; Desmoplasia; RT PCR; Small round cell tumor; Translocation

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ABDOMINAL TUMOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 22; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENE FUSION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEEDLE BIOPSY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RECIPROCAL CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; ADULT; GENES, WILMS TUMOR; HUMANS; MALE; ONCOGENES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOMA, EWING'S; SARCOMA, SMALL CELL; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0029882431     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199604000-00002     Document Type: Article

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