Intratubular Germ Cell Neoplasia in a Man with Ambiguous Genitalia, 45,X/46,XY Mosaic Karyotype, and Y Chromosome Microdeletions

Endocrine Pathology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 177-182

  Papanikolaou, Athanasios D ^a   Goulis, Dimitrios G ^a,b   Giannouli, Chariklia ^a   Gounioti, Christina ^a   Bontis, John N ^a   Papadimas, John ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

45,X 46,XY karyotype; Intratubular germ cell neoplasia; Placental alkaline phosphatase; Y chromosome microdeletions

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYPTORCHISM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOSPADIAS; INTRATUBULAR GERM CELL NEOPLASM; KARYOTYPE 45,X; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS BIOPSY; TUMOR BIOPSY; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; GENETICS; KARYOTYPING; MOSAICISM; PATHOLOGY; SEMINOMA; TESTIS; TESTIS TUMOR; Y CHROMOSOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; CRYPTORCHIDISM; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MOSAICISM; SEMINOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TESTIS;

EID: 0142058079     PISSN: 10463976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/EP:14:2:177     Document Type: Article

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