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Molecular genetics alterations and tumor behavior of sporadic vestibular schwannoma from the People's Republic of China.
Journal of neuro-oncology - 1 Jul 2005
Bian Liu-Guan, Tirakotai Wuttipong, Sun Qing-Fang, Zhao Wei-Guo, Shen Jian-Kang, Luo Qi-Zhong
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OBJECTIVES: To analyze the molecular genetic alteration of sporadic vestibular schwannomas from the People's Republic of China and to correlate these alterations with the tumor behaviors. METHODS: Four highly polymorphic microsatellite DNA markers were used to observe the frequency of loss of heterozygosity (LOH) in chromosome 22. The NF2 gene mutations were detected by Polymerase chain reaction-single-strand...
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