Does conventional cytogenetics detect the real frequency of 19q13 aberrations in benign thyroid lesions? A survey of 38 cases

Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 70-72

  Meiboom, Maren ^a   Belge, Gazanfer ^a   Bol, Silvia ^a   El Aouni, Chiraz ^a   Schoenmakers, Eric F ^b   Bullerdiek, Jörn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE PROBE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GOITER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KARYOTYPE; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE; THYROID ADENOMA;

EID: 0141676610     PISSN: 01654608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-4608(03)00131-6     Document Type: Article

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