Atypical adenomatous hyperplasia of the prostate: a premalignant lesion?

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Atypical adenomatous hyperplasia of the prostate: a premalignant lesion?

Cancer research - 1 Feb 1998

Cheng L, Shan A, Cheville J C, Qian J, Bostwick D G

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To better understand genetic alterations in atypical adenomatous hyperplasia (AAH) of the prostate, we examined the prevalence of allelic imbalance at 5 microsatellite polymorphic markers on chromosomes 7q31-35, 8p12-21, 8p22, 8q22.2, and 18q12.2 from 15 patients with AAH. DNA samples were obtain...

Topics

Adenocarcinoma
Alleles
Humans
Male
Microsatellite Repeats
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Precancerous Conditions
Prostatic Hyperplasia
Prostatic Neoplasms

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