Loss of heterozygosity of chromosome 17 in human borderline and invasive epithelial ovarian tumors.

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Loss of heterozygosity of chromosome 17 in human borderline and invasive epithelial ovarian tumors.

Oncogene - 16 May 1996

Wertheim I, Tangir J, Muto M G, Welch W R, Berkowitz R S, Chen W Y, Mok S C

Abstract excerpt

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis of microsatellite polymorphisms corresponding to four loci which map to chromosome 17p and 11 loci which map to chromosome 17q was performed to screen for loss of heterozygosity (LOH) in paired normal and tumor tissues from 27 cases of borderline epithelia...

Topics

Alleles
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17
Disease Progression
Epithelium
Female
Gene Deletion
Heterozygote
Humans
Neoplasm Invasiveness
Ovarian Neoplasms
Polymerase Chain Reaction

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