Detecting the H3F3A mutant allele found in high-grade pediatric glioma by real-time PCR.

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Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) is an aggressive pediatric brain tumor with a median survival of 1 year after diagnosis. It has been reported recently that about 80% of DIPG cases and 70% of midline glioblastomas contain a mutation at one allele of the H3F3A gene (encoding histone H3 variant H3.3), replacing the lysine 27 with methionine (K27M). In order to facilitate diagnosis of DIPG patients, a quick...

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