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pediatric embryonal brain tumors
Wednesday 9 May 2012
Embryonal tumors, the most common group of malignant brain tumors in childhood, are heterogeneous and have been associated with a large number of genetic abnormalities.
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Molecular abnormalities in pediatric embryonal brain tumors—analysis of loss of heterozygosity on chromosomes 1, 5, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17 and 22. Zakrzewska M, Rieske P, Debiec-Rychter M, Zakrzewski K, Polis L, Fiks T, Liberski PP. Clin Neuropathol. 2004 Sep-Oct;23(5):209-17. PMID: 15581023