Occult pulmonary synovial sarcoma confirmed by molecular techniques

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 87-90

  Argani, Pedram ^a   Askin, Frederic B ^a   Colombani, Paul ^a   Perlman, Elizabeth J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Polymerase chain reaction; Reverse transcriptase; Synovial sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, ALKYLATING; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; HUMANS; IFOSFAMIDE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; SARCOMA, SYNOVIAL; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 0033966378     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100240050011     Document Type: Article

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