Molecular genetic evidence supporting the clonality and appendiceal origin of Pseudomyxoma peritonei in women

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 154, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1849-1855

  Szych, Christine ^a   Staebler, Annette ^a   Connolly, Denise C ^a   Wu, Rong ^a   Cho, Kathleen R ^a,b   Ronnett, Brigitte M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER GENETICS; CHROMOSOME 17P; CHROMOSOME 18Q; CHROMOSOME 5Q; CHROMOSOME 6Q; CHROMOSOME LOSS; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; ONCOGENE K RAS; PERITONEUM PSEUDOMYXOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033058535     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)65442-9     Document Type: Article

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