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Significance of p53 expression in immature teratomas.
Pediatric and developmental pathology : the official journal of the Society for Pediatric Pathology and the Paediatric Pathology Society - 1 Jan 2000
Charoenkwan Pimlak, Senger Christof, Weitzman Sheila, Sexsmith Elizabeth, Sherman Christopher G, Malkin David, Thorner Paul S
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Twenty-nine pediatric immature teratomas were reviewed to determine the frequency and clinical significance of p53 expression. Tumors were stained for p53 expression by immunohistochemistry and results were correlated with the presence of other germ cell tumor elements and with outcome. Sequencing of p53 for mutations was performed on positive cases. Eighteen cases showed widespread positive p53 staining of the...
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