FISH analysis for diagnostic evaluation of challenging melanocytic lesions

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1139-1147

  Zimmermann, Anne Katrin ^a   Hirschmann, Astrid ^b   Pfeiffer, David ^b   Paredes, Bruno E ^c   Diebold, Joachim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Pathologische Institut am Kantonsspital Luzern   (Switzerland)

^c Dermatopathologie Friedrichshafen   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diagnostics; FISH; Melanocytic lesion; Melanoma; Nevus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 6; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS; SKIN TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 6; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957340078     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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