Detection by the fluorescence in situ hybridization technique of MYC translocations in paraffin-embedded lymphoma biopsy samples

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 49-56

  Haralambieva, Eugenia ^a,h   Banham, Alison H ^a   Bastard, Christian ^b   Delsol, Georges ^c   Gaulard, Philippe ^d   Ott, German ^e   Pileri, Stefano ^f   Fletcher, Jonathan A ^g   Mason, David Y ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE HENRI BECQUEREL   (France)

^c CHU PURPAN   (France)

^d HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^g BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; FISH; Lymphoma; MYC; Translocation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; DNA PROBE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE LOCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; ONCOGENE MYC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; FEMALE; GENES, MYC; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0037393896     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2003.04238.x     Document Type: Article

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