MYCN gene amplification: Identification of cell populations containing double minutes and homogeneously staining regions in neuroblastoma tumors

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 155, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1439-1443

  Yoshimoto, Maisa ^a   De Toledo, Silvia Regina Caminada ^a   Monteiro Caran, Eliana Maria ^a   De Seixas, Maria Teresa ^a   De Martino Lee, Maria Lucia ^a   De Campos Vieira Abib, Simone ^a   Vianna, Sonia Maria Rossi ^b   Schettini, Sergio Thomaz ^a   Andrade, Joyce Anderson Duffles ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL DO SERVIDOR PÚBLICO ESTADUAL DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERPHASE; KARYOTYPE; METAPHASE; NEUROBLASTOMA; ONCOGENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR CELL CULTURE;

EID: 0344560607     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)65457-0     Document Type: Article

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