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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 inactivation pattern of the X chromosome. Twenty desmoid fibromatoses including primary and recurrent lesions from 11...
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