Detection of EWS-FLI-1 fusion in Ewing's sarcoma/peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumor by fluorescence in situ hybridization using formalin- fixed paraffin-embedded tissue

Human Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 324-330

  Kumar, Shimareet ^a   Pack, Svetlana ^b   Kumar, Dhruv ^b   Walker, Robert ^b   Quezado, Martha ^b   Zhuang, Zhengping ^b   Meltzer, Paul ^b   Tsokos, Maria ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ewing's sarcoma; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Formalin fixed tissue; Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT PCR); t(11; 22)

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 11; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 22; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMBEDDING; EWING SARCOMA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOMA; MALE; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SCHOOL CHILD; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0032979365     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0046-8177(99)90012-6     Document Type: Article

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