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Evidence for an ependymoma tumour suppressor gene in chromosome region 22pter-22q11.2.
British journal of cancer - 1 Dec 1999
Hulsebos T J, Oskam N T, Bijleveld E H, Westerveld A, Hermsen M A, van den Ouweland A M, Hamel B C, Tijssen C C
Abstract excerpt
Ependymomas are glial tumours of the brain and spinal cord. The most frequent genetic change in sporadic ependymoma is monosomy 22, suggesting the presence of an ependymoma tumour suppressor gene on that chromosome. Clustering of ependymomas has been reported to occur in some families. From an earlier study in a family in which four cousins developed an ependymoma, we concluded that an ependymoma-susceptibility...
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