Primary synovial sarcoma of the heart: A cytogenic and molecular genetic analysis combining RT-PCR and COBRA-FISH of a case with a complex karyotype

Modern Pathology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1434-1439

  Hazelbag, Hans Martin ^a   Szuhai, Károly ^a   Tanke, Hans J ^a   Rosenberg, Carla ^a   Hogendoorn, Pancras C W ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

COBRA FISH; Heart; RT PCR; Synovial sarcoma; t(X; 18)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ADULT; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 18; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION X; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMBINED BINARY RATIO LABELING FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; CYTOGENETICS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HEART ATRIUM; HEART SARCOMA; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOFT TISSUE CANCER; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA;

ADULT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOMA, SYNOVIAL;

EID: 8144224542     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.3800200     Document Type: Article

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