Loss of alleles in brain tumours: distribution and correlations with clinical course.

doi:10.1007/BF00866924

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Loss of alleles in brain tumours: distribution and correlations with clinical course.

Journal of neurology - 1 Oct 1995

Diedrich U, Lucius J, Bittermann H J, Schlösser M, Eckert B, Behnke J, Pabst B

Abstract excerpt

Gliomas (n = 44) and meningiomas (n = 24) of different grades of malignancy were analysed for allele losses at loci on chromosomes 10, 13, 17 and 22. Deletions of genetic material on these chromosomes occurred in gliomas without being restricted to any histological entity. The frequency of chromo...

Topics

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Alleles
Base Sequence
Brain Neoplasms
Child
Child, Preschool
Chromosome Deletion
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 10
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9
ErbB Receptors
Female
Glioma
Humans
Male
Meningeal Neoplasms
Meningioma

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