Novel recurrent genetic imbalances in human hepatocellular carcinoma cell lines identified by comparative genomic hybridization

Hepatology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1208-1214

  Zimonjic, Drazen B ^a   Keck, Catherine L ^a   Thorgeirsson, Snorri S ^a   Popescu, Nicholas C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER GENETICS; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CYTOGENETICS; GENE LOSS; GENE MAPPING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTO ONCOGENE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 0032898742     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510290410     Document Type: Article

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