Diagnostic value of PRND gene expression profiles in astrocytomas: Relationship to tumor grades of malignancy

Oncology Reports

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 989-996

  Comincini, Sergio ^a   Ferrara, V ^a   Arias, A ^a   Malovini, A ^a   Azzalin, A ^a   Ferretti, L ^a   Benericetti, E ^b   Cardarelli, M ^c   Gerosa, M ^c   Passarin, M G ^d   Turazzi, S ^c   Bellazzi, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; Gene expression; Molecular diagnosis; Real time PCR analysis

Indexed keywords

PRND PROTEIN, HUMAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PRION; PROGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIONS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 34548583594     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.17.5.989     Document Type: Article

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