Interphase chromosome painting of paraffin-embedded tissue in the differential diagnosis of possible germ cell tumors

Modern Pathology

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 634-641

  Blough, Ruthann I ^a   Heerema, Nyla A ^a,b   Ulbright, Thomas M ^a   Smolarek, Teresa A ^a   Roth, Lawrence M ^a   Einhorn, Lawrence H ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dept of Med and Molecular Genetics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosome 12; FISH; Germ cell tumor; i(12p); Paraffin embedded tissue; Undifferentiated primary

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; PLATINUM;

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CHROMOSOME 12; CHROMOSOME PAINTING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERPHASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 12; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031813128     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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