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The cause of astrocytoma has not been identified. | The cause of astrocytoma has not been identified. | ||
==Causes== | ==Causes== | ||
* The exact cause of astrocytoma is not known but it seems that [[Genetic mutation]] has a strong association with this tumor.<ref name="pmid18716556">{{cite journal| author=Bar EE, Lin A, Tihan T, Burger PC, Eberhart CG| title=Frequent gains at chromosome 7q34 involving BRAF in pilocytic astrocytoma. | journal=J Neuropathol Exp Neurol | year= 2008 | volume= 67 | issue= 9 | pages= 878-87 | pmid=18716556 | doi=10.1097/NEN.0b013e3181845622 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=18716556 }} </ref><ref name="pmid19373855">{{cite journal| author=Forshew T, Tatevossian RG, Lawson AR, Ma J, Neale G, Ogunkolade BW et al.| title=Activation of the ERK/MAPK pathway: a signature genetic defect in posterior fossa pilocytic astrocytomas. | journal=J Pathol | year= 2009 | volume= 218 | issue= 2 | pages= 172-81 | pmid=19373855 | doi=10.1002/path.2558 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=19373855 }} </ref> | * The exact cause of astrocytoma is not known but it seems that [[Genetic mutation]] has a strong association with this [[tumor]].<ref name="pmid18716556">{{cite journal| author=Bar EE, Lin A, Tihan T, Burger PC, Eberhart CG| title=Frequent gains at chromosome 7q34 involving BRAF in pilocytic astrocytoma. | journal=J Neuropathol Exp Neurol | year= 2008 | volume= 67 | issue= 9 | pages= 878-87 | pmid=18716556 | doi=10.1097/NEN.0b013e3181845622 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=18716556 }} </ref><ref name="pmid19373855">{{cite journal| author=Forshew T, Tatevossian RG, Lawson AR, Ma J, Neale G, Ogunkolade BW et al.| title=Activation of the ERK/MAPK pathway: a signature genetic defect in posterior fossa pilocytic astrocytomas. | journal=J Pathol | year= 2009 | volume= 218 | issue= 2 | pages= 172-81 | pmid=19373855 | doi=10.1002/path.2558 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=19373855 }} </ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
The cause of astrocytoma has not been identified.
Causes
- The exact cause of astrocytoma is not known but it seems that Genetic mutation has a strong association with this tumor.[1][2]
References
- ↑ Bar EE, Lin A, Tihan T, Burger PC, Eberhart CG (2008). "Frequent gains at chromosome 7q34 involving BRAF in pilocytic astrocytoma". J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 67 (9): 878–87. doi:10.1097/NEN.0b013e3181845622. PMID 18716556.
- ↑ Forshew T, Tatevossian RG, Lawson AR, Ma J, Neale G, Ogunkolade BW; et al. (2009). "Activation of the ERK/MAPK pathway: a signature genetic defect in posterior fossa pilocytic astrocytomas". J Pathol. 218 (2): 172–81. doi:10.1002/path.2558. PMID 19373855.