Molecular cytogenetic analysis of human spermatocytic seminomas

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 204, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 277-281

  Verdorfer, Irmgard ^a   Rogatsch, Hermann ^a   Tzankov, Alexandar ^a   Steiner, Hannes ^a   Mikuz, Gregor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

CGH; Genomic imbalances; Spermatocytic seminoma

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CHROMOSOME 9; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERPHASE; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINOMA; SPERMATOCYTE; X CHROMOSOME;

ADULT; AGED; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 17; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 3; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 9; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INTERPHASE; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PLOIDIES; SEMINOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 7244238096     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/path.1634     Document Type: Article

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