Diagnostic value of WT1 in neuroepithelial tumours
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Diagnostic value of WT1 in neuroepithelial tumours.
AIMS Currently, clinical trials using WT1 (Wilms tumour gene) peptide vaccines are conducted in haematopoietic malignancies and solid cancers. Single reports showed that the Wilms tumour gene product WT1 is also expressed in astrocytic neoplasms. Our aim was to investigate WT1 expression in a large cohort of various neuroepithelial tumours of different World Health Organization (WHO) grades and...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0305-1846,1365-2990
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.2008.00957.x