Duplication of 7q34 in pediatric low-grade astrocytomas detected by high-density single-nucleotide polymorphism-based genotype arrays results in a novel BRAF fusion gene.

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Published in Brain Pathol on October 21, 2008

Authors

Angela J Sievert1, Eric M Jackson, Xiaowu Gai, Hakon Hakonarson, Alexander R Judkins, Adam C Resnick, Leslie N Sutton, Phillip B Storm, Tamim H Shaikh, Jaclyn A Biegel

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Oncology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.

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