Differential diagnosis of lipoma-like lipoblastoma

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 132-134

  Morerio, Cristina ^a   Nozza, Paolo ^a   Tassano, Elisa ^a   Rosanda, Cristina ^a   Granata, Claudio ^a   Conte, Massimo ^a   Panarello, Claudio ^a  

^a G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

FISH; Lipoblastoma; Lipoma; PLAG1 HAS2 fusion gene

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CYTOGENETICS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FUSION GENE; GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HAS2 GENE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPOBLASTOMA; LIPOMA LIKE LIPOBLASTOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLAG1 GENE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR BIOPSY; GENETICS; LIPOMA;

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; HAS2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; ONCOPROTEIN; PLAG1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LIPOMA; NEOPLASMS, ADIPOSE TISSUE; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION;

EID: 58149379310     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.21747     Document Type: Article

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