Utilization of fluorescence in situ hybridization in the diagnosis of 230 mesenchymal neoplasms: An institutional experience

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 134, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1797-1803

  Tanas, Munir R ^a   Rubin, Brian P ^a   Tubbs, Raymond R ^a   Billings, Steven D ^a   Downs Kelly, Erinn ^a   Goldblum, John R ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; LIPOMA; MELANOMA; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MELANOMA; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NEOPLASMS, ADIPOSE TISSUE; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 78650478989     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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