The MYCN Enigma: Significance of MYCN Expression in Neuroblastoma
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The MYCN enigma: significance of MYCN expression in neuroblastoma.
MYCN amplification strongly predicts adverse outcome of neuroblastoma. However, the significance of MYCN expression in the clinical and biological behavior of neuroblastoma has been unclear. To address this question, we first examined the expression of MYCN in combination with TrkA (a favorable prognostic indicator of neuroblastoma) in 91 primary neuroblastoma by quantitative reverse transcript...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer Research
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0008-5472,1538-7445
DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-05-0854