Frequent multiplication of the long arm of chromosome 8 in hepatocellular carcinoma.

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Frequent multiplication of the long arm of chromosome 8 in hepatocellular carcinoma.

Cancer research - 15 Feb 1993

Fujiwara Y, Monden M, Mori T, Nakamura Y, Emi M

Abstract excerpt

Frequent allelic losses at loci on several chromosomes have been detected in human hepatocellular carcinomas, but other types of chromosomal abnormalities have not been characterized well. Using eight polymorphic DNA markers on chromosome 8, we examined 120 primary hepatocellular carcinomas for a...

Topics

Alleles
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
Chromosome Aberrations
Chromosome Banding
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8
DNA, Neoplasm
Humans
Liver Neoplasms

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