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TRPS1 gene alterations in human subependymoma.
Journal of neuro-oncology - 1 Aug 2017
Fischer Sascha B, Attenhofer Michelle, Gultekin Sakir H, Ross Donald A, Heinimann Karl
Abstract excerpt
Subependymoma is a rare primary brain tumor, constituting 0.07-0.51% of brain tumors. Genetic alterations in subependymoma are largely unknown, but familial occurrences have been reported. Trichorhinophalangeal syndrome type 1 (TRPS1) is a rare hereditary malformation complex caused by mutations in a gene identified in the year 2000 on 8q24.12. We report two patients with TRPS I and surgically treated...
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