Molecular genetic analysis of placental site trophoblastic tumors and epithelioid trophoblastic tumors confirms their trophoblastic origin

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1033-1037

  Oldt, Robert J ^a   Kurman, Robert J ^a   Shih, Ie Ming ^a  

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

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ONCOGENE K RAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0036731888     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)64264-2     Document Type: Article

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