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Genetic changes in the origin and development of renal cell carcinoma (RCC).
Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology - 1 Jan 1996
Glavac D, Ravnik-Glavac M, Ovcak Z, Masera A
Abstract excerpt
64 kidney tumours of clear cell histopathology were analysed with non-isotopic SSCP and HA for the presence of VHL gene defects. All positive cases were further characterised by direct sequencing. In 30 tumours (48%) mutations were identified in the coding region of the VHL gene. Other tumours were examined for methylation changes in 5' CpG islands in exon 1 Bisulphite genomic sequencing which gives positive...
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