Genetic diagnosis of alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma in the bone marrow of a patient without evidence of primary tumor

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 554-557

  Lisboa, Susana ^a   Cerveira, Nuno ^a   Vieira, Joana ^a   Torres, Lurdes ^a   Ferreira, Ana Maia ^a   Afonso, Mariana ^a   Norton, Lucília ^a   Henrique, Rui ^a   Teixeira, Manuel R ^a  

^a PORTUGUESE ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma; Bone marrow; Genetic diagnosis; PAX7 FOXO1 fusion gene

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FOXO1 GENE; GENE; GENE FUSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PAX7 FOXO1 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SCHOOL CHILD; SMALL CELL SARCOMA; STERNUM; VERTEBRA BODY;

BIOPSY; BONE MARROW NEOPLASMS; CELL SHAPE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA, ALVEOLAR;

EID: 50249120037     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.21646     Document Type: Article

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