Allelic imbalance in the diagnosis of benign, atypical and malignant Spitz tumours

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 197, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 170-178

  Van Dijk, Marcory C R F ^a   Rombout, Paul D M ^a   Mooi, Wolter J ^b   Van De Molengraft, Fred J J M ^c   Van Krieken, Joannes H J M ^a   Ruiter, Dirk J ^a   Ligtenberg, Marjolijn J L ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AI; Allelic imbalance; Cutaneous melanoma; Laser microdissection; LOH; Loss of heterozygosity; Spitz naevus

Indexed keywords

KI 67 ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY KI 67; PARAFFIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELIC IMBALANCE; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GROWTH; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME MICRODISSECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JUVENILE MELANOMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELIC IMBALANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KI-67 ANTIGEN; LASERS; MALE; MELANOMA; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, EPITHELIOID AND SPINDLE CELL; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036265135     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/path.1119     Document Type: Article

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