Chromosomal copy number changes supporting the classification of lentiginous junctional melanoma of the elderly as a subtype of melanoma

Modern Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1258-1262

  Newman, Marissa D ^a   Mirzabeigi, Marjan ^a   Gerami, Pedram ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

6p; Chromosome 6; Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH); Lentiginous junctional melanoma; Lentiginous melanoma of the elderly

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GROWTH; CHROMOSOME 11Q; CHROMOSOME 6P; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FOLLOW UP; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; HUMANS; HUTCHINSON'S MELANOTIC FRECKLE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 69549109989     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: 15300285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.2009.93     Document Type: Article

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