High grade sarcomas are associated with microsatellite instability (chromosom 12) and loss of heterozygosity (chromosom 2)

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Rucińska, Monika ^a   Kozłowski, Leszek ^a   Pepiński, Witold ^a   Skawrońska, Małgorzata ^a   Janica, Jerzy ^a   Wejtokiewicz, Marek Z ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Loss of heterozygosity; Microsatellite instability; Sarcomas

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CHROMOSOME 12; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROMATOSIS; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPOMA; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PURIFICATION; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; VENOUS BLOOD;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 12; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 2; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMANS; LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NEOPLASM STAGING; SARCOMA;

EID: 13844264381     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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