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Loss of heterozygosity and microsatellite instability in human non-neoplastic hepatic lesions.
Liver - 1 Aug 1999
Tsopanomichalou M, Kouroumalis E, Ergazaki M, Spandidos D A
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AIMS/BACKGROUND: Carcinogenesis is thought to be a multistage process that occurs as a result of mutations in oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes. One way to monitor a vast range of these changes is by microsatellite PCR amplification that detects loss of heterozygosity and microsatellite instability between normal and tumor specimens of the same subject. Viral cirrhosis is considered a strong predisposing...
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