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P53 mutation in advanced stage of primary myelodysplastic syndrome.
Anticancer research - 1 Jan 2000
Tang J L, Tien H F, Lin M T, Chen P J, Chen Y C
Abstract excerpt
Polymerase chain reaction and single strand conformation polymorphism (PCR-SSCP) analysis of the p53 tumor suppressor gene (from exon 2 to 9) was performed on samples from 47 adult patients with primary myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). Point mutation was found in 5 (11%) patients: exon 7 in 3, exon 4 in 1 and intron 5 in 1. The frequency of p53 mutation was significantly higher at advanced stages (p = 0.048) and...
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