Deletion (6)(p22p25) is a recurrent anomaly of thymoma: Report of a second case and review of the literature

Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 66-69

  Herens, Christian ^a   Radermecker, Marc ^a   Servais, Anne ^a   Quatresooz, Pascale ^a   Jardon Jeghers, Claire ^a   Bours, Vincent ^a   De Leval, Laurence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER RECURRENCE; CHROMOSOME 6; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THYMOMA;

EID: 0141565162     PISSN: 01654608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-4608(03)00098-0     Document Type: Article

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