Article
Desmoid fibromatosis is a clonal process.
Human pathology - 1 Sept 1996
Li M, Cordon-Cardo C, Gerald W L, Rosai J
Abstract excerpt
Desmoid fibromatosis is a locally aggressive proliferative soft tissue lesion of controversial nature. The authors investigated the clonality of this process by molecular genetic analysis of DNA methylation pattern at a polymorphic site at the human androgen-receptor gene (HUMARA) to examine the...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Alleles
- Chromosome Deletion
- Cloning, Molecular
- Deoxyribonuclease HpaII
- Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific
- Female
- Desmoid Tumors
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Humans
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasms, Connective Tissue
- Neoplasms, Muscle Tissue
- Sequence Deletion
- Skin Neoplasms
- X Chromosome