Molecular evidence supporting the neoplastic nature of some epidermoid cysts of the testis

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 858-860

  Younger, Cheryl ^a,b   Ulbright, Thomas M ^a   Zhang, Shaobo ^a   Billings, Steven D ^a   Cummings, Oscar W ^a   Foster, Richard S ^a   Eble, John N ^a   Cheng, Liang ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Central Oregon Pediatrics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; GENOMIC DNA; PARAFFIN; PROTEINASE K;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CHROMOSOME 12Q; CHROMOSOME 17P; CHROMOSOME 9; CHROMOSOME 9P; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDERMOID CYST; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GERM CELL TUMOR; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; PARENCHYMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TERATOMA; TESTIS;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 12; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 17; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 9; EPIDERMAL CYST; FORMALDEHYDE; GENES, P53; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY; MALE; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; TERATOMA; TESTICULAR DISEASES; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TESTIS; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0038016678     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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