Use of tumor-specific gene expression for the differential diagnosis of neuroblastoma from other pediatric small round-cell malignancies

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-21

  Gilbert, Jayne ^a   Haber, Michelle ^a   Bordow, Sharon B ^a   Marshall, Glenn M ^a   Norris, Murray D ^a  

^a CHILDREN S CANCER INSTITUTE AUSTRALIA FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AROMATIC LEVO AMINO ACID DECARBOXYLASE; CATECHOLAMINE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE SYNTHESIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EWING SARCOMA; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; OSTEOSARCOMA; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SMALL CELL SARCOMA; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033022467     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)65093-6     Document Type: Article

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