p53 gene mutation in cerebral primitive neuroectodermal tumor in Taiwan.

doi:10.1016/0304-3835(96)04238-3

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p53 gene mutation in cerebral primitive neuroectodermal tumor in Taiwan.

Cancer letters - 24 Jun 1996

Ho Y S, Hsieh L L, Chen J S, Chang C N, Lee S T, Chiu L L, Chin T Y, Cheng S C

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p53 mutation has been rarely reported in cerebral primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNET). To determine the significance of p53 mutations in the development of cerebral PNET, we studied cerebral PNET samples from 14 patients, 8 females and 6 males with a mean age of 38 years (range 10 months to 7...

Topics

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Base Sequence
Brain Neoplasms
Child
Child, Preschool
DNA, Neoplasm
Exons
Female
Genes, p53
Humans
Infant
Male
Middle Aged
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation
Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive

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