Adult sclerosing rhabdomyosarcoma: Cytogenetic link with embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 446, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 64-67

  Croes, Romaric ^a   Debiec Rychter, Maria ^b   Cokelaere, Kristof ^c   De Vos, Rita ^a   Hagemeijer, Anne ^b   Sciot, Raf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Jan Ypermanziekenhuis ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adults; Cytogenetic analysis; Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma; Immunohistochemistry; Sclerosing rhabdomyosarcoma

Indexed keywords

DESMIN; MYOD1 PROTEIN; MYOGENIN;

ADULT SCLEROSING RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO; EMBRYONAL RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KARYOTYPE; LEG AMPUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SPINDLE CELL; TUMOR CELL;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA, EMBRYONAL; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 13144307098     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-004-1131-0     Document Type: Article

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