Comparative genomic hybridization analysis of archival formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded uveal melanomas

Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 95-101

  Ghazvini, Siavash ^a   Char, Devron H ^a   Kroll, Stewart ^a   Waldman, Frederic M ^b   Pinkel, Dan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER GENETICS; CHROMOSOME 3; CHROMOSOME 6P; CHROMOSOME 8Q; CHROMOSOME LOSS; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE SECTION; UVEA MELANOMA;

EID: 0030248391     PISSN: 01654608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-4608(96)00076-3     Document Type: Article

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