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ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: annalisa barla
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-28238 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Mascelli Samantha S Barla Annalisa A Raso Alessandro A Mosci Sofia S Nozza Paolo P Biassoni Roberto R Morana Giovanni G Huber Martin M Mircean Cristian C Fasulo Daniel D Noy Karin K Wittemberg Gayle G Pignatelli Sara S Piatelli Gianluca G Cama Armando A Garré Maria Luisa ML Capra Valeria V Verri Alessandro A
BMC cancer 20130815
<h4>Background</h4>Paediatric low-grade gliomas (LGGs) encompass a heterogeneous set of tumours of different histologies, site of lesion, age and gender distribution, growth potential, morphological features, tendency to progression and clinical course. Among LGGs, Pilocytic astrocytomas (PAs) are the most common central nervous system (CNS) tumours in children. They are typically well-circumscribed, classified as grade I by the World Health Organization (WHO), but recurrence or progressive dise ...[more]