Detection of loss of heterozygosity on chromosome 9q22.3 in microdissected sporadic basal cell carcinoma

Human Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 284-287

  Shen, Tingliang ^b   Park, Won Sang ^b   Saini, Roland Böninirmal ^b   Pham, Tina ^b   Lash, Alex E ^b   Vortmeyer, Alexander O ^b   Zhuang, Zhengping ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Chromosome 9; Drosophila patched; Loss of heterozygosity

Indexed keywords

DNA MARKER; PARAFFIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CHROMOSOME 9Q; CHROMOSOME MICRODISSECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBEDDING; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 0033055954     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0046-8177(99)90006-0     Document Type: Article

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