Immunostaining for SYT protein discriminates synovial sarcoma from other soft tissue tumors: Analysis of 146 cases

Modern Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 522-528

  He, Rui ^a   Patel, Rajiv M ^b   Alkan, Serhan ^a   Hammadeh, Rasheed ^a   Weiss, Sharon W ^b   Goldblum, John R ^c   Venkataraman, Girish ^a   Baila, Horea ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Soft tissue tumors; Synovial sarcoma; SYT

Indexed keywords

SYNAPTOTAGMIN;

ARTICLE; CHONDROSARCOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPITHELIOID SARCOMA; EWING SARCOMA; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; GENE FUSION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PERIPHERAL NERVE TUMOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; SOLITARY FIBROUS TUMOR; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA; TUMOR CELL;

EID: 34247393342     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: 15300285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.3800766     Document Type: Article

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