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Loss of heterozygosity on the long arm of chromosome 11 in colorectal tumours
We have examined a series of human colorectal adenomas, carcinomas and cell lines derived from human colorectal cancer for loss of heterozygosity (LOH) on chromosome 11q22-23 by polymerase chain reaction (PCR)...