Episomal amplification of MYCN in a case of medulloblastoma

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 452, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 491-497

  Surace, Cecilia ^a,c   Pedeutour, Florence ^b   Trombetta, Domenico ^a   Burel Vandenbos, Fanny ^b   Rocchi, Mariano ^a   Storlazzi, Clelia Tiziana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NICE   (France)

^c BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Episomes; FISH; Medulloblastoma; MYCN; RQ PCR

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER GENETICS; CASE REPORT; EPISOME; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MYCN GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; DNA, NEOPLASM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 42549158524     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-008-0592-y     Document Type: Article

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