Comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) discloses chromosomal and subchromosomal copy number changes in Merkel cell carcinomas

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 391-397

  Harle M ^a,c   Arens, N ^a   Moll, I ^a   Back, W ^a   Schulz, T ^a   Scherthan, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b The University ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARAFFIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL CULTURE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 18Q; CHROMOSOME 20; CHROMOSOME 6; CHROMOSOME 8; CHROMOSOME 9; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; MOLECULAR HYBRIDIZATION;

AGED; ANEUPLOIDY; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; CYTOGENETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0029955911     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.1996.tb01428.x     Document Type: Article

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