Detection of SYT-SSX fusion transcripts in synovial sarcoma by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction using archival paraffin-embedded tissues

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 153, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1807-1812

  Tsuji, Seiji ^a   Hisaoka, Masanori ^a   Morimitsu, Yosuke ^a   Hashimoto, Hiroshi ^a   Shimajiri, Shohei ^a   Komiya, Setsuro ^b   Ushijima, Masahiro ^c   Nakamura, Toshitaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Pathological Laboratory   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUSION GENE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPROCAL CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA;

EID: 0031740499     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)65695-7     Document Type: Article

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