Detection of N-myc amplification by FISH in immature areas of fixed neuroblastomas: More efficient than Southern blot/PCR

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 83-91

  Sartelet, Herv ^a,b   Grossi, Laurence ^a   Pasquier, Dominique ^a   Combaret, Valrie ^c   Bouvier, Raymonde ^d   Ranchre, Dominique ^c   Plantaz, Dominique ^a   Munzer, Martine ^b   Philip, Thierry ^c   Birembaut, Philippe ^b   Zahm, Jean Marie ^b   Bergeron, Christophe ^c   Gaillard, Dominique ^b,e   Pasquier, Basile ^a  

^a GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b REIMS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Centre on B rard   (France)

^d Hpital E Herriot ^*  (France)

^e Laboratoire d'Histologie   (France)

Author keywords

Amplification; FISH; Fixed; N myc; Neuroblastoma

Indexed keywords

ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMATURITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROBLAST; NEUROBLASTOMA; ONCOGENE C MYB; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GENES, MYC; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INFANT; NEUROBLASTOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036723828     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/path.1182     Document Type: Article

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