Epilepsy is among the most common findings associated with chromosome aberrations, particularly those involving autosomal chromosome imbalances. Most chromosome aberrations can be associated with different seizure types, but there are a few aberrations featuring specific seizure and electroencephalographic (EEG) patterns. The analysis of electro-clinical patterns associated with chromosomal abe...

BACKGROUND: The causal relationship between mutagenesis and carcinogenesis is well known. Hence the wide interest in study of mutagen-modifying effects natural synthetic compounds. Particular attention drawn to widespread One them, metformin, widely used as a hypoglycemic drug.
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BACKGROUND Childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is characterized by recurrent genetic aberrations. The identification of those abnormalities is clinically important because they are considered significant risk-stratifying markers. AIMS There are insufficient data of cytogenetic profiles in Saudi Arabian patients with childhood ALL leukemia. We have examined a cohort of 110 cases of AL...

Oxidative stress contributes to genomic instability in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), but its relationship with the acquisition of specific chromosomal abnormalities is unknown. We recruited 55 untreated CLL patients and assessed 8-oxo-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-oxo-dG), glutathione, and malondialdehyde (MDA) levels, and we compared them among the cytogenetic subgroups established using fluoresc...

In recent years, advances in the molecular cytogenetic technique of fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), which enables the direct chromosomal localization of labelled DNA probes and genomic in situ hybridization (GISH), which determines the inter-species distribution of repeated sequences have enabled a resurgence of cytogenetic analysis in plant genome research and molecular breeding. Pr...

Epithelioid sarcoma is a rare, aggressive soft tissue tumor of unknown histogenesis showing predominantly epithelioid cytomorphology. We conducted a conventional and molecular cytogenetic study of a 27-year-old male with epithelioid sarcoma with angiomatoid features. Cytogenetic analysis of epithelioid sarcoma metaphase spreads by GTG-banding revealed a diploid chromosome complement with struct...

Cytogenetic analysis of 4 cases of meningiomas from 3 male and 1 female patients is reported. One of male patients suffered from neurofibromatosis type 2. Histologically, the meningiomas were meningotheliomatous (1), transitional (2), and psammomatous (1). Chromosomal abnormalities were found in all cases with a karyotype 45,XY,-22, 45,XY,-16, 45,XX,-2, and 45,XY,t (15p;22q), respectively. Mono...

AIM To assess the frequency and spectrum of chromosome aberrations and micronuclei in peripheral blood lymphocytes of patients with parotid salivary gland tumors and relapse of breast cancer during the course of neutron therapy. MATERIALS AND METHODS Samples of peripheral blood were obtained from 9 patients with parotid salivary gland tumors (T3N0-3M0) and 8 patients with relapse of breast ca...

Numerical chromosome aberrations by interphase cytogenetic analysis have been reported in a few samples of colorectal neoplasms. No studies have defined a distinct relationship between these aberrations and clinicopathological features. To investigate the chromosome aberrations as a marker of invasiveness or prognosis, we conducted an interphase cytogenetic study using fluorescence in situ hybr...