Real-time polymerase chain reaction as an aid for the detection of SYT-SSX1 and SYT-SSX2 transcripts in fresh and archival pediatric synovial sarcoma specimens: Report of 25 cases from St. Jude children's research hospital

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 24-34

  Hill, D Ashley ^a,b   Riedley, Shannon E ^a   Patel, Anami R ^a   Shurtleff, Sheila A ^a   Hyer, Jennifer ^a   Cain, Alvida M ^a   Billups, Catherine A ^a   Downing, James R ^a   Pappo, Alberto S ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissue; Molecular diagnostics; Pediatrics; Real time polymerase chain reaction; SSX1; SSX2

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GENE FUSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SPINDLE CELL; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, NEOPLASM; SARCOMA, SYNOVIAL; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TENNESSEE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0037229726     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10024-002-0050-9     Document Type: Article

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