Inflammatory leiomyosarcoma may be characterized by specific near- haploid chromosome changes

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 112-115

  Dal Cin, Paola ^a   Sciot, Raf ^a   Fletcher, Christopher D M ^b   Samson, Ignace ^a   De Vos, Rita ^a   Mandahl, Nils ^c   Willén, Helena ^c   Larsson, Olle ^d   Van Den Berghe, Herman ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e CENTER FOR HUMAN GENETICS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cytogenetics; Electron microscopy; Inflammatory leiomyosarcoma; Malignant fibrous histiocytoma; Near haploid karyotype

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAPLOIDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KARYOTYPE; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HAPLOIDY; HISTIOCYTOMA, BENIGN FIBROUS; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 2642674422     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199805)185:1<112::AID-PATH54>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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