Ovarian small cell carcinoma with K-ras mutation: A case report with genetic analysis

Human Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 77-79

  Idei, Yuka ^a,b   Kitazawa, Sohei ^a   Fujimori, Takahiro ^a   Ajiki, Tetsuo ^a   Asaka, Kazuyuki ^a   Takeuchi, Satoshi ^a   Mochizuki, Masuto ^a   Chiba, Tsutomu ^a   Maeda, Sakan ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

adenomatous polyposis coli; K ras; ovary; p53; small cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

DNA; KERATIN; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PROTEIN P53;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME LOSS; COLON POLYPOSIS; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERCALCEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METASTASIS; ONCOGENE K RAS; OVARY CARCINOMA; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 0030041426     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0046-8177(96)90141-0     Document Type: Article

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