Intrathoracic sporadic desmoid tumor with the beta-catenin gene mutation in exon 3 and activated cyclin D1

Respiration

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 558-561

  Tajima, Shunji ^a   Hironaka, Mitsugu ^a   Oshikawa, Katsuhisa ^a   Bando, Masashi ^a   Ohno, Shoji ^a   Saito, Ken ^a   Sohara, Yasunori ^a   Sugiyama, Yukihiko ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beta catenin gene mutation; Cyclin D1; Desmoid tumor, intrathoracic sporadic

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CYCLIN D1;

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; BETA CATENIN GENE; CASE REPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CODON; DESMOID TUMOR; EXON; FAMILIAL POLYPOSIS; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; THORAX TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; BETA CATENIN; CYCLIN D1; EXONS; FIBROMATOSIS, AGGRESSIVE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; THORACIC NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33745200578     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000088006     Document Type: Article

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