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Single-copy gain of chromosome 1q is a negative prognostic marker in pediatric nonependymal, nonpilocytic gliomas.
Neurosurgery - 1 Jan 2011
Miwa Tomoru, Hirose Yuichi, Sasaki Hikaru, Ezaki Taketo, Yoshida Kazunari, Kawase Takeshi
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Reports of genetic analyses on pediatric gliomas are few, and those tumors have been far less characterized than adult gliomas. OBJECTIVE: To characterize the genetic and biological features of pediatric gliomas. METHODS: We investigated 23 pediatric nonependymal, nonpilocytic gliomas for chromosomal copy number aberrations (CNAs) by comparative genomic hybridization (CGH), mutations of isocitrate...
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