Fibromatosis of the breast and mutations involving the APC/β-catenin pathway

Human Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 39-46

  Abraham, Susan C ^a,b,c   Reynolds, Carol ^a,b,c   Lee, Jae Hyuk ^a,b,c   Montgomery, Elizabeth A ^a,b,c   Baisden, Blaire L ^a,b,c   Krasinskas, Alyssa M ^a,b,c   Wu, Tsung Teh ^a,b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

APC; Breast fibromatosis; Mutations; catenin

Indexed keywords

APC PROTEIN; BETA CATENIN; CELL DNA;

ABDOMINAL TUMOR; ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADULT; AGED; ALLELIC EXCLUSION; ARTICLE; BREAST EPITHELIUM; BREAST FIBROMA; BREAST TUMOR; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESMOID TUMOR; DNA SEQUENCE; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXON; FEMALE; FIBROMATOSIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MUTATION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PATHOGENESIS;

EID: 0036154011     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/hupa.2002.30196     Document Type: Article

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