Mixed serous carcinoma of the endometrium with trophoblastic differentiation: analysis of the p53 tumor suppressor gene suggests stem cell origin

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-3

  Horn, Lars Christian ^a   Hänel, Claudia ^a   Bartholdt, Erika ^b   Dietel, Jochen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b Institute of Pathology   (Germany)

^c Helios Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Choriocarcinoma; Endometrial adenocarcinoma; Mutation; p53; Trophoblastic disease

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN P53;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CASE REPORT; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; EXON; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; STEM CELL; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHORIOCARCINOMA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, NEOPLASM; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; STEM CELLS; TROPHOBLASTIC NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 37449011792     PISSN: 10929134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2007.01.004     Document Type: Article

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