Aneuploidy in carcinomas may be initiated by the acquisition of a single trisomy

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 99-102

  Atkin, N B ^a  

^a MOUNT VERNON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CARCINOGENESIS; CARCINOMA; CHROMOSOME; CLONE; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIOID CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; LABORATORY; OVARY CARCINOMA; POLYP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRISOMY;

AGED; CARCINOMA; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; TRISOMY;

EID: 0344586811     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000074162     Document Type: Article

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