Recurrent DNA copy number changes revealed by comparative genomic hybridization in primary Merkel cell carcinomas

Modern Pathology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 561-567

  Larramendy, Marcelo L ^a,b   Koljonen, Virve ^c   Böhling, Tom ^c   Tukiainen, Erkki ^c   Knuutila, Sakari ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Comparative genomic hybridization; Merkel cell carcinoma; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 11Q; CHROMOSOME 13Q; CHROMOSOME 16Q; CHROMOSOME 1Q; CHROMOSOME 4Q; CHROMOSOME 5; CHROMOSOME 5P; CHROMOSOME 6; CHROMOSOME ARM; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC GAIN; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; METASTASIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 1; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 12; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 13; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 4; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 5; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 6; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION;

EID: 3042803287     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.3800091     Document Type: Article

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