Increased β-catenin protein and somatic APC mutations in sporadic aggressive fibromatoses (desmoid tumors)

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 329-334

  Alman, Benjamin A ^a   Li, Catherine ^a   Pajerski, Mandy E ^b   Diaz Cano, Salvatore ^b   Wolfe, Hubert J ^b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; UVOMORULIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON POLYPOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESMOID TUMOR; FIBROMATOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIMB TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOMATIC MUTATION;

ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS COLI PROTEIN; BETA CATENIN; CADHERINS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; EXTREMITIES; FIBROMATOSIS, AGGRESSIVE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENES, APC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUTATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0030747976     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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