Detection of the ETV6-NTRK3 chimeric RNA of infantile fibrosarcoma/cellular congenital mesoblastic nephroma in paraffin-embedded tissue: Application to challenging pediatric renal stromal tumors

Modern Pathology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-36

  Argani, Pedram ^a,c   Fritsch, Michael ^a   Kadkol, ShriHari S ^a   Schuster, Amy ^a   Beckwith, J Bruce ^b   Perlman, Elizabeth J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital mesoblastic nephroma; Infantile fibrosarcoma; Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

PARAFFIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHIMERA; FIBROSARCOMA; GENE FUSION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MESOBLASTIC NEPHROMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHABDOID TUMOR;

EID: 0033976007     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.3880006     Document Type: Article

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