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Detection of t(11;22)(q24;q12) Translocation and EWS-FLI-1 Fusion Transcript in a Case of Solid Pseudopapillary Tumor of the Pancreas

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    Anirban Maitra, Arthur G. Weinberg & Nancy Schneider

  2. University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

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Maitra, A., Weinberg, A.G., Schneider, N. et al. Detection of t(11;22)(q24;q12) Translocation and EWS-FLI-1 Fusion Transcript in a Case of Solid Pseudopapillary Tumor of the Pancreas. Pediatr. Dev. Pathol. 3, 603–605 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100240010119

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