Article
[Occurrence and molecular pathology of low grade gliomas].
Ideggyogyaszati szemle - 30 Sept 2013
Murnyák Balázs, Csonka Tamás, Klekner Almos, Hortobágyi Tibor
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The WHO grade I. and II. low-grade gliomas represent nearly the 15% of all primary brain tumors. These tumours contain clinically, histologically and molecularly distinct tumor types. According to their histologic characteristic, grade II glial tumours are the diffuse astrocytoma, oligodendroglioma and oligoastrocytoma subgroups; ependymal tumors are not included in this study. METHODS: In our...
Topics
- Adult
- Age Factors
- Aged
- Astrocytoma
- Brain Neoplasms
- Cytogenetic Analysis
- Female
- Gene Deletion
- Glioma
- Humans
- Hungary
- Incidence
- Male