A highly specific and discriminatory FISH assay for distinguishing between benign and malignant melanocytic neoplasms

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 808-817

  Gerami, Pedram ^a   Li, Gu ^b   Pouryazdanparast, Pedram ^a   Blondin, Beth ^b   Beilfuss, Beth ^a   Slenk, Carl ^b   Du, Jing ^b   Guitart, Joan ^a   Jewell, Susan ^b   Pestova, Katerina ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Abbott Molecular Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

8q24; 9p21; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Melanoma; Second generation FISH probes

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 9; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MELANOMA; METHODOLOGY; NEVUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TUMOR;

ALGORITHMS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 9; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, NEOPLASM; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MELANOMA; NEVUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84862103569     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31824b1efd     Document Type: Article

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