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Investigation of major genetic alterations in neuroblastoma.
Molecular biology reports - 1 Jun 2018
Costa Régis Afonso, Seuánez Héctor N
Abstract excerpt
Neuroblastoma (NB) is the most common extracranial solid tumor in childhood. This malignancy shows a wide spectrum of clinical outcome and its prognosis is conditioned by manifold biological and genetic factors. We investigated the tumor genetic profile and clinical data of 29 patients with NB by multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA) to assess therapeutic risk. In 18 of these tumors, MYCN status...
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