Comparative microsatellite analysis in discerning origin of disseminated tumor: The case of a patient with malignant ascites and a history of multiple tumors

Human Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1111-1113

  Eisenberger, Claus F ^a   Wu, Li ^a   Nicol, Theresa ^a   Shah, Shefali I ^a   Sidransky, David ^a,b   Westra, William H ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

3p; Loss of heterozygosity; Metastases; Microsatellite; Renal cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; COLON ADENOMA; DISSEMINATED CANCER; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; METASTASIS; MULTIPLE CANCER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0032887515     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0046-8177(99)90231-9     Document Type: Article

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