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Isocitrate dehydrogenase 1: what it means to the neurosurgeon: a review.
Journal of neurosurgery - 1 Jun 2013
Hodges Tiffany R, Choi Bryan D, Bigner Darell D, Yan Hai, Sampson John H
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Isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 (IDH1) mutations have been discovered to be frequent and highly conserved in secondary glioblastoma multiforme and lower-grade gliomas. Although IDH1 mutations confer a unique genotype that has been associated with a favorable prognosis, the role of the mutated IDH1 enzyme and its metabolites in tumor initiation and maintenance remains unresolved. However, given that IDH1 mutations are...
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