A Review of NUT Midline Carcinoma

Head and Neck Pathology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-35

  Stelow, Edward B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorescent in situ hybridization; Immunohistochemistry; Nut midline carcinoma; t(15; 19)

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR PROTEIN; NUT PROTEIN, HUMAN; ONCOPROTEIN;

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENETICS; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS;

EID: 79951515876     PISSN: 1936055X     EISSN: 19360568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12105-010-0235-x     Document Type: Review

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