Analysis of the Neurofibromatosis 2 Gene in Human Ependymomas and Astrocytomas

Cancer Research

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 45-47

  Rubio, Mari Paz ^a   Correa, Katia M ^a   Ramesh, Vijaya ^a   MacCollin, Mia M ^a   Jacoby, Lee B ^a   von Deimling, Andreas ^b   Gusella, James F ^a   Louis, David N ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CARCINOGENESIS; CHROMOSOME 22Q; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME MAP; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; EPENDYMOMA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSLATION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ASTROCYTOMA; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 22; DNA, NEOPLASM; EPENDYMOMA; GENES, NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 2; HUMANS; MUTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0028144439     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: 15387445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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