Translocation affecting sonic hedgehog genes in basal-cell carcinoma

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 366, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 2233-2234

  Gomez Ospina, Natalia ^a   Chang, Anne Lynn S ^a   Qu, Kun ^a   Oro, Anthony E ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZACITIDINE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN PATCHED 1; SMOOTHENED PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AZOOSPERMIA; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BASAL CELL NEVUS SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 7; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION Y; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HAPLOTYPE; HEAD CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HUMAN; HYPOTELORISM; INCISOR; KARYOTYPE; KERATINOCYTE; LETTER; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; ONSET AGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SONIC HEDGEHOG GENE; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TUMOR GENE;

EID: 84861867515     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1115123     Document Type: Letter

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