Abnormalities of chromosomes 3 and 8 in posterior uveal melanoma correlate with prognosis

Genes Chromosomes and Cancer

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 22-28

  Sisley, Karen ^a,d   Rennie, Ian G ^a   Andrew Parsons, M ^a   Jacques, Rhona ^a   Hammond, David W ^a   Bell, Sharon M ^a   Potter, Anthony M ^b   Rees, Robert C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for Human Genetics   (United Kingdom)

^c NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHROMOSOME 3; CHROMOSOME 8; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CYTOGENETICS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOSOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; UVEA MELANOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 3; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 8; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; UVEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030982005     PISSN: 10452257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2264(199705)19:1<22::AID-GCC4>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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