Loss of Heterozygosity in Clonal Evolution with Genetic Progression and Divergence in Spindle Cell Carcinoma of the Gallbladder

Human Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 418-423

  Arakawa, Atsushi ^a   Fujii, Hiroaki ^b   Matsumoto, Toshiharu ^b   Hirai, Shu ^b   Suda, Koichi ^b  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Divergence; Gallbladder; Genetics; Loss of heterozygosity; Progression; Single clone; Spindle cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CHROMOSOME 10Q; CHROMOSOME 11Q; CHROMOSOME 13Q; CHROMOSOME 16Q; CHROMOSOME 17P; CHROMOSOME 17Q; CHROMOSOME 18Q; CHROMOSOME 1P; CHROMOSOME 1Q; CHROMOSOME 22Q; CHROMOSOME 3P; CHROMOSOME 4Q; CHROMOSOME 5Q; CHROMOSOME 6Q; CHROMOSOME 8P; CHROMOSOME 9P; CHROMOSOME MICRODISSECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLONAL VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HISTOGENESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 1942453227     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2003.10.026     Document Type: Article

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