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High-density single nucleotide polymorphism array analysis in patients with germline deletions of 22q11.2 and malignant rhabdoid tumor.
Human genetics - 1 Sept 2007
Jackson Eric M, Shaikh Tamim H, Gururangan Sridharan, Jones Marilyn C, Malkin David, Nikkel Sarah M, Zuppan Craig W, Wainwright Luanne M, Zhang Fan, Biegel Jaclyn A
Abstract excerpt
Malignant rhabdoid tumors are highly aggressive neoplasms found primarily in infants and young children. The majority of rhabdoid tumors arise as a result of homozygous inactivating deletions or mutations of the INI1 gene located in chromosome band 22q11.2. Germline mutations of INI1 predispose to the development of rhabdoid tumors of the brain, kidney and extra-renal tissues, consistent with its function as a...
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