Up-regulation of specific NF1 gene transcripts in sporadic pilocytic astrocytomas

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 621-627

  Platten, Michael ^a   Giordano, Michael J ^b   Dirven, Clemens M F ^a,c   Gutmann, David H ^b   Louis, David N ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 17Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; OPTIC NERVE GLIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ADOLESCENT; ASTROCYTOMA; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENES, NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROFIBROMIN 1; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0030017285     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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