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p16 promoter methylation in the serum as a basis for the molecular diagnosis of gliomas.
Neurosurgery - 1 Mar 2009
Wakabayashi Toshihiko, Natsume Atsushi, Hatano Hisashi, Fujii Masazumi, Shimato Shinji, Ito Motokazu, Ohno Masasuke, Ito Satoshi, Ogura Masatoshi, Yoshida Jun
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OBJECTIVE: Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) methylation of tumor origin can be detected in the serum/plasma of cancer patients. The aim of this study was to detect aberrant p16 promoter methylation as a potential diagnostic marker in the serum of patients with diffuse glioma to differentiate between g...
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