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oligodendroglioma
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Variants
low-grade oligodendroglioma high-grade oligodendroglioma
Cytogenetics
1p36 deletion 19q13 deletion
Allelotype (15164983)
| 1p36 LOH | 70%-85% |
| 14q LOH | 10-27% |
| 19q13 LOH |
Molecular biology
gene amplification and/or overexpression (15899783)
Subtypes
1p/19q-deleted oligodendroglioma (1p/19q LOH oligodendrogliomas) (14507338)
See also
glial tumors (gliomas)
References
Pdgfr-alpha in 1p/19q LOH oligodendrogliomas. Hartmann C, Xu X, Bartels G, Holtkamp N, Gonzales IA, Tallen G, von Deimling A. Int J Cancer. 2004 Dec 20;112(6):1081-2. PMID: 15386438