Cytogenetic abnormalities in human ependymomas
- 15 October 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in International Journal of Cancer
- Vol. 44 (4), 579-581
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.2910440403
Abstract
The karyotypes of 4 human ependymomas have been determined. In one ependymoma, translocations involving chromosomes 9, 17 and 22 were observed together with the loss of the normal chromosome 17. A second ependymoma had many chromosomal alterations that included a translocation between chromosomes 1 and 2 and re‐arrangements involving chromosome 17. No major consistent alterations were detected in the remaining 2 cases. Our karyotypes do not resemble the few previously published karyotypes of ependymomas, but had features, such as the alterations involving chromosome 17, that were similar to those of other brain tumours in children.This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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