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Sacrococcygeal teratoma causes

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Mirdula Sharma, MBBS [2]

Overview

Overview

Development of sacrococcygeal teratoma is associated with gain of chromosomes 1q32-qter regions and loss of the 6q24-qter and 18q21-qter regions.

Causes

Causes

Development of sacrococcygeal teratoma is associated with gain of chromosomes 1q32-qter regions and loss of the 6q24-qter and 18q21-qter regions.[1][2]

References

References

  1. Harms D, Zahn S, Göbel U, Schneider DT (2006). “Pathology and molecular biology of teratomas in childhood and adolescence”. Klin Padiatr. 218 (6): 296–302. doi:10.1055/s-2006-942271. PMID 17080330.
  2. Veltman I, Veltman J, Janssen I, Hulsbergen-van de Kaa C, Oosterhuis W, Schneider D, Stoop H, Gillis A, Zahn S, Looijenga L, Göbel U, van Kessel AG (2005). “Identification of recurrent chromosomal aberrations in germ cell tumors of neonates and infants using genomewide array-based comparative genomic hybridization”. Genes Chromosomes Cancer. 43 (4): 367–76. doi:10.1002/gcc.20208. PMID 15880464.

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