Histologically defined central nervous system primitive neuro-ectodermal tumours (CNS-PNETs) display heterogeneous DNA methylation profiles and show relationships to other paediatric brain tumour types

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 943-946

  Schwalbe, Ed C ^a   Hayden, James T ^a   Rogers, Hazel A ^b   Miller, Suzanne ^b   Lindsey, Janet C ^a   Hill, Rebecca M ^a   Nicholson, Sarah Leigh ^a   Kilday, John Paul ^b   Adamowicz Brice, Martyna ^b   Storer, Lisa ^b   Jacques, Thomas S ^c,d   Robson, Keith ^b   Lowe, Jim ^b   Williamson, Daniel ^a   Grundy, Richard G ^b   Bailey, Simon ^a   Clifford, Steven C ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PRIMITIVE NEUROECTODERMAL TUMOR; DNA METHYLATION; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; NEUROPATHOLOGY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; DNA METHYLATION; HUMANS; NEUROECTODERMAL TUMORS, PRIMITIVE;

EID: 84892581086     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: 14320533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-013-1206-6     Document Type: Article

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