title: Constitutional translocation t(1;17)(p36;q12-21) in a patient with neuroblastoma.
abstract: A constitutional chromosome translocation t(1;17)(p36;q12-21) is reported in a boy with neuroblastoma. This is the first description of a cytogenetic abnormality possibly predisposing to the development of neuroblastoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Gent, Belgium.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Laureys
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Speleman
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Opdenakker
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Benoit
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Leroy
mesh_terms: D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002871:Chromosome Banding; D002878:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1; D002886:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17; D005729:Ganglioneuroma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008677:Metaphase; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D014178:Translocation, Genetic; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000166:cytology