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Genetic susceptibility to neuroblastoma: current knowledge and future directions.
Cell and tissue research - 1 May 2018
Ritenour Laura E, Randall Michael P, Bosse Kristopher R, Diskin Sharon J
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Neuroblastoma, a malignancy of the developing peripheral nervous system that affects infants and young children, is a complex genetic disease. Over the past two decades, significant progress has been made toward understanding the genetic determinants that predispose to this often lethal childhood cancer. Approximately 1-2% of neuroblastomas are inherited in an autosomal dominant fashion and a combination of...
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