Loss of heterozygosity of chromosome 13 in Merkel cell carcinoma

Genes Chromosomes and Cancer

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 93-97

  Leonard, J Helen ^a,c   Hayward, Nicholas ^b  

^a Queensland Radium Institute   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 13Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 13; GENES, RETINOBLASTOMA; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030953421     PISSN: 10452257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2264(199709)20:1<93::AID-GCC14>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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