Intravenous leiomyomatosis is characterized by a der(14)t(12;14)(q15;q24)

Genes Chromosomes and Cancer

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 205-206

  Dal Cin, Paola ^a,b   Quade, Bradley J ^a,b   Neskey, David M ^a   Kleinman, Michael S ^a   Weremowicz, Stanislawa ^a,b   Morton, Cynthia C ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CANCER INVASION; CARCINOGENESIS; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOME 12; CHROMOSOME 12Q; CHROMOSOME 14; CHROMOSOME 14Q; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME LOSS; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; FEMALE; GENE DUPLICATION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS LEIOMYOMATOSIS; KARYOTYPE; LEIOMYOMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; UTERUS MYOMA; VASCULAR TUMOR;

ADULT; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 12; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 14; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; LEIOMYOMATOSIS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037301249     PISSN: 10452257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gcc.10159     Document Type: Article

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