New insights into the nature of Warthin's tumour

Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 145-149

  O'Neill, Iain David ^a  

^a Centre d'Affaires Poincare   (France)

Author keywords

Fusion oncogene; Mucoepidermoid; Pathogenesis; T(11; 19); Translocation; Warthin's tumour

Indexed keywords

ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; FUSION GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; ONCOGENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND; WARTHIN TUMOR;

ADENOLYMPHOMA; CARCINOMA, MUCOEPIDERMOID; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 11; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 19; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; ONCOGENE FUSION; PROTEINS; SALIVARY GLAND NEOPLASMS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 58149145732     PISSN: 09042512     EISSN: 16000714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0714.2008.00676.x     Document Type: Article

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