Detection of SYT-SSX rearrangements in synovial sarcomas by real-time one-step RT-PCR

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 162-167

  Nikiforova, Marina N ^a   Groen, Pamela ^a   Mutema, George ^b   Nikiforov, Yuri E ^c   Witte, David ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Molecular diagnostics; Pediatrics; Real time polymerase chain reaction; SSX1; SSX2; Synovial sarcoma

Indexed keywords

OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CORRELATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MELTING POINT; MISMATCH REPAIR; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA;

GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, NEOPLASM; SARCOMA, SYNOVIAL; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TEMPERATURE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 21244487884     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10024-004-8097-4     Document Type: Article

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