A common 8q (MYC) amplification detected in a multifocal anaplastic astrocytoma by SNP array karyotyping

Clinical Neuropathology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 210-215

  Felicella, Michelle Madden ^a   Hagenkord, Jill M ^b   Kash, Shera F ^a,b   Powers, Martin P ^a   Berger, Mitchel S ^c   Perry, Arie ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Genomics; Multicentric glioma; Multifocal glioma; MYC amplification; Single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 8Q; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL LOBE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KARYOTYPING; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONCOGENE MYC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 8; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENES, MYC; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KARYOTYPING; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84864129726     PISSN: 07225091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/NP300484     Document Type: Article

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