Allelotype of human malignant astrocytoma.

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Allelotype of human malignant astrocytoma.

Cancer research - 15 Sept 1990

Fults D, Pedone C A, Thomas G A, White R

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Astrocytoma, the most common brain tumor in humans, is usually malignant and virtually incurable. Two types of malignant astrocytomas can be distinguished histopathologically: anaplastic astrocytoma and glioblastoma multiforme. Studies using DNA markers that detect restriction fragment length pol...

Topics

Alleles
Astrocytoma
Brain Neoplasms
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 10
Colorectal Neoplasms
Glioblastoma
Heterozygote
Humans
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
Suppression, Genetic

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