Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations
Volume 25, Issue 2 , Pages 141-146 , March 2007

Testis-specific protein Y-encoded gene is expressed in early and late stages of gonadoblastoma and testicular carcinoma in situ

  • Yunmin Li, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, VA Medical Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
    • ,
  • Eric Vilain, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Human Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-7088, USA
    • ,
  • Felix Conte, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143-0136, USA
    • ,
  • Ewa Rajpert-De Meyts, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Growth and Reproduction, Copenhagen University Hospital (Rigshospitalet), Copenhagen, Denmark
    • ,
  • Yun-Fai Chris Lau, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, VA Medical Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-415-379-5526; fax: +1-415-750-6633.

Received 31 March 2006 ,Revised 31 July 2006 ,Accepted 1 August 2006.

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☆ This work was partially supported by research grants from the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense Research Program on Prostate Cancer, and the VA Merit Research Program (Y.-F.C.L). Dr. Lau is a Research Career Scientist of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

PII: S1078-1439(06)00166-9

doi: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2006.08.002

Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations
Volume 25, Issue 2 , Pages 141-146 , March 2007

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