Genetic investigations of Saethre-Chotzen syndrome presenting with renal cell carcinoma

Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 76-78

  Seifert, Georg ^a   Kress, Wolfram ^a   Meisel, Christian ^b   Henze, Günter ^a   Seeger, Karl ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROCEPHALOSYNDACTYLY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOP CODON; TWIST1 GENE;

ACROCEPHALOSYNDACTYLIA; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; CYTOKINES; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PEDIGREE; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TWIST TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EID: 33750304014     PISSN: 01654608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cancergencyto.2006.06.012     Document Type: Article

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