Diagnostic utility of EWS break-apart fluorescence in situ hybridization in distinguishing between non-cutaneous melanoma and clear cell sarcoma

Pathology International

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 608-613

  Song, Joon Seon ^a   Choi, Jene ^a   Kim, Ji Hun ^a   Jang, Se Jin ^a   Cho, Kyung Ja ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

clear cell sarcoma; EWS ATF1; EWS ATF1; FISH; malignant melanoma; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME 22Q; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CLEAR CELL SARCOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EWS GENE; EXON; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MALE; MELANOMA; MOLECULAR PROBE; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE MICROARRAY;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA-BINDING PROTEIN EWS; SARCOMA, CLEAR CELL; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 77955834437     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: 14401827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2010.02570.x     Document Type: Article

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