Using fluorescence-based human androgen receptor gene assay to analyze the clonality of microdissected dendritic cell tumors

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 105-110

  Wu, C Daniel ^a   Wickert, Robert S ^a   Williamson, Janet E ^b   Sun, Nora C J ^c   Brynes, Russell K ^d   Chan, Wing C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clonality analysis; Dendritic cell tumor; Human androgen receptor gene; Microdissection; X chromosome inactivation

Indexed keywords

6 CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLONE; DENDRITIC CELL; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HISTIOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 0032922874     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/111.1.105     Document Type: Article

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