Lung Cancer
Volume 71, Issue 3 , Pages 319-322 , March 2011

Fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) in the differential diagnosis of ground-glass opacities in the lung

  • Daniela Bettio

      Affiliations

    • Cytogenetic Laboratory, Operative Unit of Clinical Investigations, IRCCS Humanitas Clinical Institute, Via Manzoni, 56, Rozzano, Milan 20089, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39 02 82244722; fax: +39 02 82244790.
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  • Anna Venci

      Affiliations

    • Cytogenetic Laboratory, Operative Unit of Clinical Investigations, IRCCS Humanitas Clinical Institute, Via Manzoni, 56, Rozzano, Milan 20089, Italy
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  • Umberto Cariboni

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, IRCCS Humanitas Clinical Institute, Rozzano, Milan, Italy
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  • Mariagrazia Di Rocco

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, IRCCS Humanitas Clinical Institute, Rozzano, Milan, Italy
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  • Maurizio Infante

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, IRCCS Humanitas Clinical Institute, Rozzano, Milan, Italy

Received 30 April 2010 ,Revised 16 June 2010 ,Accepted 18 June 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2010.06.014

Lung Cancer
Volume 71, Issue 3 , Pages 319-322 , March 2011

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