Letter to the editor: An interstitial deletion of chromosome 7 may characterize a subgroup of uterine leiomyoma

A new cytogenetic subgroup in uterine le

A new cytogenetic subgroup in uterine leiomyoma is characterized by a deletion of the long arm of chromosome 3

✍ Paola Dal Cin; Philippe Moerman; Jan Deprest; Ivo Brosens; Herman Van Den Berghe 📂 Article 📅 1995 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 129 KB

Our cytogenetic findings in 175 uterine leiomyomas revealed 52 tumors with clonal chromosome abnormalities, eight of which did not belong to any well-delineated cytogenetic abnormal subgroup. However, an interstitial deletion of the long arm of chromosome 3 was found, as the sole chromosome abnormal