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Loss of heterozygosity on chromosome arm 17p in small cell lung carcinomas, but not in neurofibromas, in a patient with von Recklinghausen neurofibromatosis.
Cancer - 1 Feb 1993
Shimizu E, Shinohara T, Mori N, Yokota J, Tani K, Izumi K, Obashi A, Ogura T
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: It has been suggested that the genetic abnormality responsible for von Recklinghausen neurofibromatosis (NF1) increases a patient's risk of various kinds of malignancies. The incidence of small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC) as a complication of NF1, however, is rare. To clarify the relationship between NF1 and SCLC, possible loss of heterozygosity of chromosome 17 in a patient with SCLC combined with NF1...
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