Table 4
Microsatellite instability in schwannomas
| Study | n | Type of tumour (n) | STRs examined | Method | MIN+ tumours (%) | Evaluable analyses (n) | Positive analyses (%) | |||||||
| Woosteret al19948 | NS | NS | 12 | Radioactive | 0 | NS | 0 | |||||||
| Zhu et al199623 | 10 | Vestibular (10) | 5 | Radioactive | 0 | 50 | 0 | |||||||
| The present study | 11 | Vestibular (9) | 8 | Fluorescent | 18.2 | 88 | 3.4 | |||||||
| Spinal (2) | ||||||||||||||
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N=number of cases; NS=not specified.
