Numerical sex chromosome aberrations in juvenile angiofibromas: Genetic evidence for an androgen-dependent tumor?

Oncology Reports

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1251-1255

  Schick, Bernhard ^a   Rippel, Catharina ^a   Brunner, Christian ^a   Jung, Volker ^a   Plinkert, Peter Karl ^a   Urbschat, Steffi ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Chromosome X; Chromosome Y; FISH; Juvenile angiofibroma

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; HEMANGIOFIBROMA; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; METABOLISM;

ADOLESCENT; ANDROGENS; ANGIOFIBROMA; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN;

EID: 2142694240     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.10.5.1251     Document Type: Article

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