Fluorescence in situ hybridization BCR/ABL fusion signal rate in interphase nuclei of healthy volunteer donors: A test study for establishing false positive rate

Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-55

  Kowalczyk, Jerzy R ^a   Gaworczyk, Anna ^a   Winnicka, Dorota ^a   Lejman, Monika ^a   Babicz, Mariusz ^a  

^a Children's University Hospital   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCR ABL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROBE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPHASE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; CELL NUCLEUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FUSION PROTEINS, BCR-ABL; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INTERPHASE; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037377393     PISSN: 01654608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-4608(02)00767-7     Document Type: Article

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