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Combined ATRX/IDH1 immunohistochemistry predicts genotype of oligoastrocytomas.
Histopathology - 1 Jan 2016
Hewer Ekkehard, Vajtai Istvan, Dettmer Matthias S, Berezowska Sabina, Vassella Erik
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AIMS: To assess whether in oligoastrocytomas ATRX deficiency, as a surrogate of the alternative lengthening of telomeres (ALT) pathway, has a role in predicting the presence or absence of loss of heterozygosity (LOH) of 1p and 19q, the genetic signature of oligodendroglial differentiation and a favourable prognostic marker. METHODS AND RESULTS: A series of 54 oligoastrocytomas were investigated by...
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