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Genetic heterogeneity in leiomyomas of deep soft tissue.
Oncotarget - 25 Jul 2017
Panagopoulos Ioannis, Gorunova Ludmila, Brunetti Marta, Agostini Antonio, Andersen Hege Kilen, Lobmaier Ingvild, Bjerkehagen Bodil, Heim Sverre
Abstract excerpt
Leiomyoma of deep soft tissue is a rare type of benign smooth muscle tumor that mostly occurs in the retroperitoneum or abdominal cavity of women, and about which very little genetic information exists. In the present study, eight leiomyomas of deep soft tissue were genetically analyzed. G-banding showed that three tumors carried rearrangements of the long arm of chromosome 12, three others had 8q rearrangements,...
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