Gene expression profiling in uveal melanoma reveals two molecular classes and predicts metastatic death

Cancer Research

Volumn 64, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 7205-7209

  Onken, Michael D ^a   Worley, Lori A ^a   Ehlers, Justis P ^a   Harbour, J William ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CHROMOSOME 3; CHROMOSOME 8Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; DOWN REGULATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; METASTASIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; UPREGULATION; UVEA MELANOMA;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; UVEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 5644251671     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-04-1750     Document Type: Article

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