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Clonal and genetic relationship between individual components of mucoepidermoid carcinoma: X-chromosome inactivation assay and microsatellite analysis.
Human pathology - 1 Oct 2016
Wang Wei, Zou Bingqing, Zhu Hongguang, Bao Yun
Abstract excerpt
Mucoepidermoid carcinoma is a common salivary gland malignancy characterized by genetic heterogeneity as well as cellular diversity of its neoplastic components, which include mucinous cells, epidermoid cells and intermediate cells. The clonal and genetic relationship between each component has not been investigated before, and it is unclear whether these three phenotypically distinct components differ...
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