Human Pathology
Volume 37, Issue 1 , Pages 48-53 , January 2006

Involvement of adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) gene in testicular yolk sac tumor of infants

  • Noriko Kato, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata 990-9585, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Hiroyuki Shibuya, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Niigata Municipal Hospital, Niigata 950-8739, Japan
    • ,
  • Masayuki Fukase, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Shounai Hospital, Tsuruoka 997-8515, Japan
    • ,
  • Gen Tamura, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata 990-9585, Japan
    • ,
  • Teiichi Motoyama, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata 990-9585, Japan

Received 13 April 2005 ,Accepted 13 September 2005.

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☆ This study was supported by grant 16790199 from the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, and Culture of Japan.

PII: S0046-8177(05)00523-X

doi: 10.1016/j.humpath.2005.09.008

Human Pathology
Volume 37, Issue 1 , Pages 48-53 , January 2006

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