Analysis by comparative genomic hybridization of epithelial and spindle cell components in sarcomatoid carcinoma and carcinosarcoma: Histogenetic aspects

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 189, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 338-343

  Torenbeek, R ^a   Hermsen, M A J A ^a   Meijer, G A ^a   Baak, J P A ^a   Meijer, C J L M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carcinosarcoma; Comparative genomic hybridization; Monoclonal origin; Sarcomatoid carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER; CARCINOGENESIS; CARCINOMA; CARCINOSARCOMA; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; HISTOGENESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PHARYNX; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMA; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; SPINDLE CELL SARCOMA;

CARCINOMA; CARCINOSARCOMA; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KARYOTYPING; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; SARCOMA; TUMOR STEM CELLS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032849594     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199911)189:3<338::AID-PATH429>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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