Combined karyotyping, CGH and M-fish analysis allows detailed characterization of unidentified chromosomal rearrangements in merkel cell carcinoma

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 137-145

  Van Gele, Mireille ^a   Leonard, J Helen ^b   Van Roy, Nadine ^a   Van Limbergen, Heidi ^a   Van Belle, Simon ^a   Cocquyt, Veronique ^a   Salwen, Helen ^c   De Paepe, Anne ^a   Speleman, Frank ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b Queensland Radium Institute   (Australia)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

1p rearrangements; 3q rearrangements; M FISH; Merkel cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL LINE; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 3; CHROMOSOME 5P; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DIPLOIDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KARYOTYPING; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KARYOTYPING; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0037056227     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.10591     Document Type: Article

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