Assessment of microinvasion with reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction in a case of synovial sarcoma

Journal of Orthopaedic Science

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 162-165

  Nakasone, Jun ^a,b   Shimizu, Tominaga ^a   Gomyo, Hiroki ^a   Yoshimura, Yasuo ^a   Wakabayashi, Shinji ^a   Mukaiyama, Keijiro ^a   Kato, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Nagano Prefectural Kiso Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Surgical margin; Synovial sarcoma; SYT SSX

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACARBAZINE; PIRARUBICIN; VINCRISTINE;

ABOVE KNEE AMPUTATION; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GENE FUSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; LOWER LEG; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLE; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA; TUMOR CELL;

EID: 1942424232     PISSN: 09492658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00776-003-0750-7     Document Type: Article

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