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Loss of heterozygosity analysis of benign, atypical, and anaplastic meningiomas.
Neurosurgery - 1 Nov 2004
Lee John Y K, Finkelstein Sydney, Hamilton Ronald L, Rekha Rapaka, King Joseph T, Omalu Bennett
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Up to 70% of typical meningiomas demonstrate allelic loss at chromosome 22q. Allelic loss at additional chromosomal loci is associated with atypia and anaplasia in meningiomas. The pattern of allelic loss or loss of heterozygosity (LOH) follows a nonrandom, multistep pattern. METHODS: All surgical meningioma samples obtained from 1991 to 1992 at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center were analyzed...
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