Chromosome 22 heterozygosity is retained in most hyperdiploid and pseudodiploid meningiomas.

doi:10.1016/0165-4608(93)90239-i

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Chromosome 22 heterozygosity is retained in most hyperdiploid and pseudodiploid meningiomas.

Cancer genetics and cytogenetics - 1 Apr 1993

Bello M J, de Campos J M, Vaquero J, Kusak M E, Sarasa J L, Rey J A, Pestaña A

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Hyperdiploid or pseudodiploid modal chromosome numbers were found characterizing six human meningiomas, and all six tumors were disomic for chromosome 22. The scarce previous reports on the subject suggest that, in these cytogenetic subgroups of meningiomas, duplication of the retained chromosome...

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Alleles
Chromosome Aberrations
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 22
Diploidy
Heterozygote
Humans
Meningeal Neoplasms
Meningioma

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