Amplification of the t(2;13) and t(1;13) translocations of alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma in small formalin-fixed biopsies using a modified reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 477-482

  Andersen, John ^a   Renshaw, Jane ^a   McManus, Aidan ^a   Carter, Richard ^a   Mitchell, Chris ^b   Adams, Susan ^b   Pritchard Jones, Kathryn ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 13; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 1; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 2; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; TISSUE FIXATION; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FIXATIVES; FORMALDEHYDE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA, ALVEOLAR; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA, EMBRYONAL; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031035228     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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