An intra-abdominal small round cell neoplasm with features of primitive neuroectodermal and desmoplastic round cell tumor and a EWS/FLI-1 fusion transcript

Human Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 502-509

  Katz, Rachel L ^b   Quezado, Martha ^b   Senderowicz, Adrian M ^b   Villalba, Lourdes ^b   Laskin, William B ^b   Tsokos, Maria ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

EWS FLI 1 fusion transcript; Intra abdominal desmoplastic tumor; primitive neuroectodermal tumor; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL TUMOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EWING SARCOMA; GENE FUSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MALE; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; PERITONEAL CAVITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0031003115     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0046-8177(97)90042-3     Document Type: Article

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