Telomere maintenance and dysfunction predict recurrence in paediatric ependymoma

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1129-1135

  Tabori, U ^a   Wong, V ^a   Ma, J ^a   Shago, M ^a   Alon, N ^a   Rutka, J ^a   Bouffet, E ^a   Bartels, U ^a   Malkin, D ^a   Hawkins, C ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

H2AX; Child; Ependymoma; Prognosis; Telomerase

Indexed keywords

DNA; HISTONE H2AX; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TELOMERE;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; EPENDYMOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; TELOMERE;

EID: 53049110280     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604652     Document Type: Article

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