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Malignant rhabdoid-tumor cell line showing neural and smooth-muscle-cell phenotypes.
International journal of cancer - 27 Aug 1999
Sugimoto T, Hosoi H, Horii Y, Ishida H, Mine H, Takahashi K, Abe T, Ohta S, Sawada T
Abstract excerpt
Malignant rhabdoid tumor (MRT) is a rare and extremely aggressive malignant tumor in childhood. In this study, an MRT cell line, designated KP-MRT-NS, was established from the ascitic fluid taken from an 11-month-old girl, whose tumor had originated from the left kidney. Ultrastructural findings demonstrated the typical aggregation of whorls of intermediate filaments. Chromosome constitution was described as 46,...
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