Synovial sarcoma: Diagnosis on fine-needle aspiration by morphology and molecular analysis

Cancer Cytopathology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 128-136

  Srinivasan, Radhika ^a   Gautam, Upasana ^a   Gupta, Ruchi ^a   Rajwanshi, Arvind ^a   Vasistha, Rakesh Kumar ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration cytology; RT PCR; Synovial sarcoma

Indexed keywords

KERATIN; MUCIN 1; ONCOPROTEIN; SYT SSX FUSION PROTEIN; SYT-SSX FUSION PROTEIN; VIMENTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE TUMOR; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNOVIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCIN-1; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOMA, SYNOVIAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; VIMENTIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67549112536     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19346638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncy.20006     Document Type: Article

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