Clinical implications of a slight increase in the gene dosage of MYCN in neuroblastoma determined using quantitative PCR

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1095-1100

  Souzaki, Ryota ^a   Tajiri, Tatsuro ^a   Higashi, Mayumi ^a   Kinoshita, Yoshiaki ^a   Tanaka, Sakura ^a   Kohashi, Kenichi ^a   Tsuneyoshi, Masazumi ^a   Taguchi, Tomoaki ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Laser capture microdissection; MYCN; Neuroblastoma

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CHILD; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER CAPTURE MICRODISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCN GENE; NEUROBLASTOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INFANT; MALE; MICRODISSECTION; NEUROBLASTOMA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 52449110522     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-008-2228-3     Document Type: Article

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