Beta-catenin mutations do not contribute to cardiac fibroma pathogenesis

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 291-294

  Wang, Hua ^b   Miller, Dylan V ^a   Wang, Huamin ^b   Fealey, Michael E ^a   Tazelaar, Henry D ^c  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta catenin; Cardiac neoplasms; Fibroma

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; PEROXIDASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESMOID TUMOR; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; FEMALE; FIBROMATOSIS; GENE MUTATION; HEART MUSCLE FIBROMA; HEART TUMOR; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BETA CATENIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; FIBROMA; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INFANT; MALE; MUTATION; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 53549106923     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: 16155742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2350/07-08-0330.1     Document Type: Article

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