Documentation of EWS gene rearrangements by fluorescence in-situ hybridization (FISH) in frozen sections of Ewing's sarcoma-peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumor

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 309-315

  Monforte Munõz, Hector ^a,b   Lopez Terrada, Dolores ^b   Affendie, Hanna ^b   Rowland, Jon M ^a   Triche, Timothy J ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ewing's sarcoma; EWS gene; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Frozen section

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DNA PROBE; EWING SARCOMA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FROZEN SECTION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMALL CELL SARCOMA;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 11; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 22; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; NEUROECTODERMAL TUMORS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOMA, EWING'S; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032979531     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199903000-00010     Document Type: Article

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