Cytogenetics of primary testicular nonseminoma, residual mature teratoma, and growing teratoma lesion in individual patients

Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-6

  Van Echten, Jannie ^a   Sleijfer, Dirk T ^a   Wiersema, Janneke ^a   Koops, Heimen Schraffordt ^a   Oosterhuis, J Wolter ^b   De Jong, Bauke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CYTOGENETICS; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KARYOTYPE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERATOMA; TESTIS TUMOR; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; MALE; TERATOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031006287     PISSN: 01654608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-4608(96)00284-1     Document Type: Article

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