Intracranial germ cell tumors: Association with Klinefelter syndrome and sex chromosome aneuploidies

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 121, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 211-214

  Queipo, G ^a,c,d   Aguirre, D ^a   Nieto, K ^a,c   Pena Y R ^b   Palma, I ^a   Olvera, J ^b,c   Chavez, L ^b,c   Najera N ^a,c   Kofman Alfaro, S ^a,c  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b HOSPITAL INFANTIL DE MÉXICO FEDERICO GÓMEZ   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARAFFIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANEUPLOIDY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KARYOTYPING; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; SEX CHROMOSOMES;

EID: 50849108549     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000138887     Document Type: Article

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