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Clinical feature of anaplastic lymphoma kinase-mutated neuroblastoma.
Journal of pediatric surgery - 1 Oct 2012
Ogura Taemi, Hiyama Eiso, Kamei Naomi, Kamimatsuse Arata, Ueda Yuka, Ogura Kaoru
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PURPOSE: Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) has recently been identified as a gene conferring a predisposition for neuroblastoma. We have analyzed tyrosine kinase domain mutations and amplification/expression of the ALK gene and focused on clinical features of neuroblastoma cases with ALK aberrations. METHODS: The frequency of ALK mutations, copy number gain, and expression were analyzed in 538 neuroblastoma tumors...
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