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The use of molecular genetic analysis in the diagnosis of renal cell carcinoma.
World journal of urology - 1 Jan 1994
Long J P, Anglard P, Gnarra J R, Walther M M, Merino M J, Liu S, Lerman M I, Zbar B, Linehan W M
Abstract excerpt
The most common genetic aberration seen in nonpapillary renal cell carcinoma is believed to be the loss or inactivation of allelic material on the short arm of chromosome 3 (3p). Two patients underwent nephrectomy at our institution, each initially receiving a histologic diagnosis of renal cell carcinoma. Molecular analysis of these tissues revealed no genetic deletion on 3p, prompting further histologic and...
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