Clonal origin and expansions in neoplasms: Biologic and technical aspects must be considered together [1] (multiple letters)

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 353-355

  Pozo Garcia, Lucia ^a   Diaz Cano, Salvador J ^b   Taback, Bret ^c   Hoon, Dave S B ^c  

^a HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHN WAYNE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; MOLECULAR MARKER;

ALLELE; APOPTOSIS; ARTIFACT; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CELL CLONE; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL KINETICS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SELECTION; CLONAL VARIATION; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HETEROZYGOSITY; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; LETTER; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MARKER GENE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NEOPLASM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RELIABILITY; SOMATIC MUTATION; STANDARDIZATION; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 0037223593     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)63826-6     Document Type: Letter

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