FOXL2 mutation and large-scale genomic imbalances in adult granulosa cell tumors of the ovary

Cancer Genetics

Volumn 204, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 596-602

  Geiersbach, Katherine B ^a,b   Jarboe, Elke A ^a   Jahromi, Mona S ^c   Baker, Christine L ^b   Paxton, Christian N ^b   Tripp, Sheryl R ^b   Schiffman, Joshua D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ARUP INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

FOXL2; Granulosa cell tumor; Microarray; Mutant allele imbalance; Ovary

Indexed keywords

INHIBIN; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXL2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELIC IMBALANCE; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CHROMOSOME 14Q; CHROMOSOME 16Q; CHROMOSOME 22Q; CHROMOSOME LOSS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; DIPLOIDY; DNA CONTENT; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FORKHEAD BOX PROTEIN L2 GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC GAIN; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MISSENSE MUTATION; PLOIDY; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYROSEQUENCING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TUMOR GENE; DNA MICROARRAY; GENETICS; HUMAN GENOME; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; OVARY TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELIC IMBALANCE; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENOME, HUMAN; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84857085157     PISSN: 22107762     EISSN: 22107770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cancergen.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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