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[The molecular basis of glia-derived tumours of the brain. Part I].
Neurologia i neurochirurgia polska - 1 Jan 2000
Nauman Paweł, Czernicki Zbigniew
Abstract excerpt
The development and progression of astrocytic tumours is associated with acquisition and accumulation of genetic alternations. Loss of heterozygosity (LOH) on chromosome 17p., p53 mutations and overexpression of the platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) receptor (chromosome 22q), are the most common detectable changes in astrocytomas (WHO grade II). Anaplastic astrocytomas (WHO grade III) involve LOH on...
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