Article
Loss of chromosome band 8q24 in sporadic osteocartilaginous exostoses.
Genes, chromosomes & cancer - 1 Jan 1994
Mertens F, Rydholm A, Kreicbergs A, Willén H, Jonsson K, Heim S, Mitelman F, Mandahl N
Abstract excerpt
We have karyotyped eight sporadic osteocartilaginous exostoses (OCE), a tumor type not characterized cytogenetically before. Five tumors had only normal karyotypes, whereas three displayed the following abnormal karyotypes: 46,XY,del(8)(q24.1); 46,XX,del(8)(q22), t(8;14)(q24.1;q32); and 46,XY,der...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Alleles
- Child
- Chromosome Deletion
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8
- Female
- Humans
- Karyotyping
- Male
- Osteochondroma
- Phenotype
