TMPRSS2-ERG fusion as a marker of prostatic lineage in small-cell carcinoma

Histopathology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 633-

  Netto, George J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; TUMOR MARKER;

CARCINOGENESIS; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; ERG GENE; GENE FUSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; LETTER; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATIC INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; TMPRSS2 GENE;

CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CELL LINEAGE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 78650465740     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2010.03659.x     Document Type: Letter

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