BRAF alterations in pediatric low grade gliomas and mixed neuronal-glial tumors

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 353-358

  Dimitriadis, Efthymios ^a   Alexiou, George A ^b   Tsotsou, Panagiota ^a   Simeonidi, Efthymia ^a   Stefanaki, Kalliopi ^b   Patereli, Amalia ^b   Prodromou, Neofytos ^b   Pandis, Nikolaos ^a  

^a SAINT SAVVAS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

BRAF; Children; Ki 67; Low grade glioma

Indexed keywords

B RAF KINASE; KI 67 ANTIGEN; BRAF-KIAA1549 FUSION PROTEIN, HUMAN; MESSENGER RNA; ONCOPROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAF GENE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CEREBELLUM; CERVICAL SPINE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXON; FEMALE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE FUSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; KIAA1549 GENE; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; ONCOGENE; OPTIC CHIASM; PATHOGENESIS; PILOCYTIC ASTROCYTOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; THALAMUS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER GRADING; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INFANT; MALE; MUTATION; NEOPLASM GRADING; NEURONS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84879417060     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-013-1131-5     Document Type: Article

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