Karyotypic divergence and convergence in two synchronous lung metastases of a clear cell sarcoma of tendons and aponeuroses with t(12;22)(q13;q12) and type 1 EWS/ATF1

Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 121-125

  Teixeira, Manuel R ^a   Ribeiro, Franclim R ^a   Cerveira, Nuno ^a   Torres, Lurdes ^a   Amaro, Teresina ^a   Henrique, Rui ^a   Lopes, Carlos ^a  

^a PORTUGUESE ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 12; CHROMOSOME 13Q; CLEAR CELL SARCOMA; CLONE; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; CYTOGENETICS; DISEASE COURSE; EWS GENE; FUSION GENE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KARYOTYPE; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON DISEASE;

EID: 0043165097     PISSN: 01654608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-4608(03)00063-3     Document Type: Article

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