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Downregulation of glutamate receptor subunit 2(3) in subependymal giant-cell tumor.
Pediatric neurology - 1 Jul 2000
Arai Y, Takashima S, Becker L E
Abstract excerpt
Immunohistochemical techniques were used to investigate the expression of glutamate receptor (GluR) subunits in samples of brain resected from children with and without tuberous sclerosis, using antibody to an epitope common to GluR subunits 2 and 3 [2(3)]. Our purpose was to characterize the phenotype of balloon cells in cortical tubers and tumor cells in subependymal giant-cell tumors. In cortical tubers, GluR...
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