Clear cell sarcoma of soft tissue: Diagnostic utility of fluorescence in situ hybridization and reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 411-417

  Curry, Choladda V ^a   Dishop, Megan K ^a   Hicks, M John ^a   Naeem, Rizwan ^a   Reed, Jon A ^a   López Terrada, Dolores H ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CLEAR CELL SARCOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; KARYOTYPE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN BIOPSY; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA;

CALMODULIN-BINDING PROTEINS; CHILD; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SARCOMA, CLEAR CELL; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 40549143387     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2007.00821.x     Document Type: Article

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