Chromosomal gains and losses in testicular germ cell tumors of adolescents and adults investigated by a modified comparative genomic hybridization approach

Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1447-1451

  Rosenberg, Carla ^a,b   Schut, Tom Bakker ^c   Mostert, Marijke ^b   Tanke, Hans ^a   Raap, Anton ^a   Oosterhuis, J Wolter ^b   Looijenga, Leendert ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b JOSEPHINE NEFKENS INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 8; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME LOSS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA CONTENT; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KARYOTYPING; NON SEMINOMATOUS GERMINOMA; PLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033400462     PISSN: 00236837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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