Prognostic significance of FOXL2 mutation and mRNA expression in adult and juvenile granulosa cell tumors of the ovary

Modern Pathology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1360-1367

  D'Angelo, Emanuela ^a   Mozos, Ana ^a   Nakayama, Daiei ^a   Espinosa, Ĩigo ^a   Catasus, Lluis ^a   Mũoz, Josefina ^a   Prat, Jaime ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

adult granulosa cell tumors; FOXL2 mRNA; juvenile granulosa cell tumors; ovary; survival

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOXL2 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEX CORD TUMOR; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 80053574352     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: 15300285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.2011.95     Document Type: Article

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