Pilocytic Astrocytoma with Specific Gene Signature

Authors

  • J Gordon Millichap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-23-7-10

Keywords:

Astrocytomas, Third Ventricle, Gliomagenesis

Abstract

Researchers at Universite de la Mediterranee, and other centers in Marseille, France, using the microarray technique to compare the transcriptional profiles of five optic pathway, hypothalamo-chiasmatic and six cerebellar pilocytic astrocytomas, found that these 2 tumors are genetically distinct and topography-dependent entities.

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Published

2009-07-01

Issue

Section

Brain Tumors