Multiple dicentric chromosomes behind polyploidy in grade II atypical choroid plexus papilloma: A complementary cytogenetic evaluation

Neuropathology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 200-202

  Valera, Elvis Terci ^a,b   Brassesco, María Sol ^b   Castro Gamero, Angel Mauricio ^c   Santos, Antonio Carlos ^d   Oliveira, Ricardo Santos ^e   MacHado, Hélio Rubens ^e   Neber, Luciano ^a   Sakamoto Hojo, Elza Tiemi ^a,c   Tone, Luiz Gonzaga ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Division of Pediatrics   (Brazil)

^c Department of Genetics ^*  (Brazil)

^d Radiology Division   (Brazil)

^e Division of Neurosurgery   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANAPHASE; CHOROID PLEXUS PAPILLOMA; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; COMORBIDITY; DICENTRIC CHROMOSOME; GENE LOSS; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; LETTER; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; POLYPLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ADOLESCENT; CELL CYCLE; CHOROID PLEXUS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PAPILLOMA, CHOROID PLEXUS; POLYPLOIDY;

EID: 62749127851     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: 14401789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2008.00990.x     Document Type: Letter

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