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Translocation 1;19 in two brain tumors
A M Vagner-Capodano1, F Mugneret, H Zattara-Cannoni
1Cytogenetic Oncology laboratory, C. H. U. Timone, Marseilles, France.
Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics
|August 1, 1997
Abstract:
We report two-cases of brain tumors, one childhood medulloblastoma and one adult glioblastoma with an unusual chromosomal abnormality: a t(1;19)(q23;q13). We analyzed these karyotypes using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and wonder if this chromosomal aberration could represent a particular entity in these brain tumors like t(1;19) in ALL.