Detection of transplacental melanoma metastasis using quantitative PCR

Diagnostic Molecular Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 78-82

  Raso, Alessandro ^a   Mascelli, Samantha ^a   Nozza, Paolo ^b   Biassoni, Roberto ^c   Negri, Francesca ^b   Garaventa, Alberto ^d   Tarantino, Vincenzo ^a   Garrè, Maria Luisa ^d   Cama, Armando ^a   Capra, Valeria ^a  

^a G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b Pathology Unit   (Italy)

^c Molecular Medicine Unit   (Italy)

^d Neuro Oncology Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

Molecular diagnosis; qPCR; Transplacental metastasis

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DOSAGE; GENE MAPPING; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL DISEASE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCREENING TEST; SEX CHROMOSOME; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; TEMPORAL BONE TUMOR; TRANSPLACENTAL METASTASIS; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR CELL; VALIDATION PROCESS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SEX CHROMOSOMES; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 77953159714     PISSN: 10529551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PDM.0b013e3181b6a546     Document Type: Article

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