Loss of heterozygosity analysis of cutaneous melanoma and benign melanocytic nevi: Laser capture microdissection demonstrates clonal genetic changes in acquired nevocellular nevi

Human Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 191-197

  Maitra, Anirban ^a,b,c   Gazdar, Adi F ^a,b,c   Moore, Todd O ^a,b,c   Moore, Angela Yen ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosome 6q; Loss of heterozygosity; Malignant melanoma; Microdissection; Nevocellular nevi

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 10Q; CHROMOSOME 11Q; CHROMOSOME 1P; CHROMOSOME 6Q; CHROMOSOME 8P; CLONAL VARIATION; CONGENITAL NEVUS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC MARKER; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; NEVUS CELL; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 0036219402     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/hupa.2002.31297     Document Type: Article

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