Microsatellite instability is not a common feature in medullary breast cancer

Breast

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 473-477

  Yuksel, Erdinc ^a   Ozer, Erdener ^a   Kizildag, Sefa ^a   Sercan, Ogun ^a   Canda, Tulay ^a   Sakizli, Meral ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PARAFFIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC STABILITY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MISMATCH REPAIR; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 0036906789     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/brst.2002.0479     Document Type: Article

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