Malignant ectomesenchymoma: Genetic profile reflects rhabdomyosarcomatous differentiation

Diagnostic Molecular Pathology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 243-248

  Floris, Giuseppe ^a,c   Debiec Rychter, Maria ^a   Wozniak, Agnieszka ^a,e   Magrini, Elisabetta ^b   Manfioletti, Guidalberto ^d   De Wever, Ivo ^a   Tallini, Giovanni ^b   Sciot, Raf ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Array CGH; Cytogenetic analysis; Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma; Immunohistochemistry; Malignant ectomesenchymoma

Indexed keywords

DACTINOMYCIN; IFOSFAMIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CARCINOGENESIS; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME 20; CHROMOSOME 6; CHROMOSOME 6P; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CYTOGENETICS; ECTOMESENCHYMOMA; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GANGLIONEUROMA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; KARYOTYPE; MALE; MESENCHYMOMA; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SCROTUM;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, MALE; HMGA1A PROTEIN; HMGA2 PROTEIN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MESENCHYMOMA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PAX7 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA, EMBRYONAL; SCROTUM;

EID: 36649024834     PISSN: 10529551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PDM.0b013e3180645105     Document Type: Article

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