Loss of heterozygosity analysis: Practically and conceptually flawed?

Genes Chromosomes and Cancer

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 349-353

  Tomlinson, Ian P M ^a   Lambros, Maryou B K ^a   Roylance, Rebecca R ^a   Cleton Jansen, Anne Marie ^b  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELISM; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; CANCER RESEARCH; CELL HETEROGENEITY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE DELETION; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENE MAPPING; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; GENES, TUMOR SUPPRESSOR; HUMANS; LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY; NEOPLASMS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0036076032     PISSN: 10452257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gcc.10085     Document Type: Review

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