Flow Cytometric Sorting of Paraffin-Embedded Tumor Tissues Considerably Improves Molecular Genetic Analysis

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 327-334

  Jordanova, Ekaterina S ^a   Corver, Willem E ^a   Vonk, Marcel J ^a   Leers, Math P G ^b   Riemersma, Sietske A ^a   Schuuring, Ed ^a,c   Kluin, Philip M ^a,c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Sittard Geleen Heerlen   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

B cell lymphoma; FISH; Flow cytometric sorting; Flow cytometry; Fluorescent in situ hybridization; HLA; LOH; Loss of heterozygosity; Paraffin embedded tissue

Indexed keywords

CD79A ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; PARAFFIN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME 6; CHROMOSOME MICRODISSECTION; DNA CONTENT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE DELETION; GENE LOSS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR CELL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISSECTION; EVALUATION; GENETICS; LYMPHOSARCOMA; METHODOLOGY;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 6; DISSECTION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; LYMPHOMA, DIFFUSE; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING;

EID: 85047687817     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/HPR11R7LQ9NNCCG8     Document Type: Article

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