Primary synovial sarcoma of the kidney

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1097-1104

  Kim, Duck Hwan ^a   Sohn, Jin H ^a   Lee, Min C ^b   Lee, Gilho ^b   Yoon, Ghil Suk ^c   Hashimoto, Hiroshi ^d   Sonobe, Hiroshi ^e   Ro, Jae Y ^c  

^a Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Dankook University   (South Korea)

^c University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Kidney; RT PCR; Synovial sarcoma; SYT SSX

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; DESMIN; PROTEIN S 100; RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; FUSION GENE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY SARCOMA; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINDLE CELL; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA; TUMOR VOLUME;

HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SARCOMA, SYNOVIAL; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0033852097     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200008000-00007     Document Type: Article

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