Primary renal synovial sarcoma: Molecular and morphologic delineation of an entity previously included among embryonal sarcomas of the kidney

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1087-1096

  Argani, Pedram ^a   Faria, Paulo A ^b   Epstein, Jonathan I ^a   Reuter, Victor E ^d   Perlman, Elizabeth J ^a   Beckwith, J Bruce ^a,c   Ladanyi, Marc ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CÂNCER   (Brazil)

^c LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryonal sarcoma; Kidney neoplasms; Synovial sarcoma

Indexed keywords

RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY SARCOMA; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA;

ADULT; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SARCOMA, SYNOVIAL; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0033853824     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200008000-00006     Document Type: Article

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