Cutaneous sclerosing perineurioma with cryptic NF2 gene deletion

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 849-853

  Sciot, Raf ^a,b   Cin, Paola Dal ^a   Hagemeijer, Anne ^a   De Smet, Luc ^a   Van Damme, Boudewijn ^a   Van Den Berghe, Herman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chromosomes; Immunohistochemistry; NF2; Perineurioma; Tumor

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 10; CHROMOSOME 22; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; FEMALE; FINGER; GENE DELETION; HAND PALM; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE TUMOR; PATHOGENESIS; SCHWANN CELL; SKIN TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 22; FEMALE; GENES, NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 2; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; NERVE SHEATH NEOPLASMS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCR; SCLEROSIS; SEQUENCE DELETION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0344655666     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199907000-00015     Document Type: Article

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