Article
Analysis of the p53 gene by PCR-SSCP in ten cases of Wilms' tumor.
Sao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina - 2 Mar 2000
Defavery R, Lemos J A, Kashima S, Bernardes J E, Scridelli C A, Covas D T, Tone L G
Abstract excerpt
CONTEXT: Mutations of the p53 tumor suppressor gene are the most frequent alterations observed in human neoplasias affecting adults. In pediatric oncology, however, they have seldom been identified. Wilms' tumor is a renal neoplasia commonly occurring in children and is associated with mutations of the WT1 gene. The correlation between Wilms' tumor and alterations of the p53 gene has not been well established,...
Topics
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Female
- Genes, Wilms Tumor
- Genes, p53
- Humans
- Infant
- Kidney Neoplasms
- Male
- Mutation
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Wilms Tumor
