Cytogenetic description of breast fibroadenomas: alterations related solely to proliferation?
Twelve breast fibroadenomas were analyzed cytogenetically and only four were found to have clonal alterations. The presence of chromosomal alterations in fibroadenomas must be the consequence of the proliferating process and must not be related to the etiology of this type of lesion. In contrast, th...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2001-08-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2001000800005 |