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Genetic changes in sweat gland carcinomas.
Journal of cutaneous pathology - 1 Jan 2000
Takata M, Hashimoto K, Mehregan P, Lee M W, Yamamoto A, Mohri S, Ohara K, Takehara K
Abstract excerpt
The molecular pathogenesis of malignant appendageal tumors is poorly understood. Immunohistochemical staining, polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based loss of heterozygosity (LOH) and sequencing analyses were performed in a mixed group of 21 sweat gland carcinomas. LOH was mostly confined to the chromosome arm 17p. None of the remaining 17 tumors showed LOH at any loci. Nuclear accumulation of p53 protein was...
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