Biallelic somatic inactivation of the NF1 gene through chromosomal translocations in a sporadic neurofibroma

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1055-1057

  Storlazzi, Clelia Tiziana ^a   Von Steyern, Fredrik Vult ^b   Domanski, Henryk A ^b   Mandahl, Nils ^b   Mertens, Fredrik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

FISH; Inactivation; Neurofibroma; Neurofibromatosis; Tumor suppressor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 17Q; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; CHROMOSOME G BAND; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CYTOGENETICS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NEUROFIBROMA; NF1 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ALLELES; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOME PAINTING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 17; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 2; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE SILENCING; GENES, NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MUTATION; NEUROFIBROMA; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 28044469883     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.21248     Document Type: Article

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