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D22S193, D22Sn, D22S56 and NF2 were obtained by screening two chromosome 22-<br />

specific cosmid libraries (LL22NCOI and LL22NC03: de Jong et aI., 1989; Zucman et aI.,<br />

1992).<br />

LOB analysis oj chromosome 22:<br />

High-molecular-weight DNA was isolated from stored tumor tissue according to standard<br />

procedures. Before DNA isolation the percentage of tumor cells was determined by<br />

microscopic examination of a cryostat section of the tumor specimen. Only tumor samples<br />

with more than 80% tumor cells were used for DNA analysis. Most specimens contained<br />

more than 90% tumor cells. When available, constitutional DNA was isolated from<br />

peripheral blood leucocytes. Restriction endonuclease digestion, agarose gel electrophoresis,<br />

Southern transfer, hybridization to 32p labeled probes and autoradiography were performed<br />

as reported (Lekanne Deprez et aI., 199Ia). The following DNA markers for loci on<br />

chromosome 22 were used: D22S181, 022S183 (Lekanne Deprez et aI., 199Ib), D22SIO<br />

(Hofker et aI., 1985), D22S182 (Lekanne Deprez et aI., 199Ib), D22S1 (Barker et aI.,<br />

1984), D22S193 (Lekanne Deprez et aI., 199Ib), 17.13'(3 prime part of the MNI eDNA<br />

17.1, which detects a Pvu II polymorphism, unpublished result), D22S29 (Rouleau et aI.,<br />

1989), D22S45 (Budarf et aI., 1991), 022S201 (Lekanne Deprez et aI., 1991c) and D22S205<br />

(van Biezen et aI., 1993). D22S201 and 022S205 are located distal to D22S193, but their<br />

orientation relative to each other or D22S45 is not known. The other probes are ordered from<br />

centromere to telomere. For most of the tumor DNA samples analyzed in this study<br />

constitutional ONA was not available, therefore loss of heterozygosity (LOH) for a specific<br />

marker was assumed when a heterozygous DNA sample showed clear reduction of intensity<br />

of one of the 2 alleles.<br />

SlatiSlics:<br />

The statistical analyses were performed with the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences<br />

(SPSS) and with the Epidemiological Graphics, Estimation, and Testing package (EGRET).<br />

We used the X' test, the Exact Homogeneity test, and Fisher's exact test. A significant<br />

association was concluded when P '" 0.05. The following variables were mutually analyzed:<br />

the sex of the patients, the age at surgery (over and under 50 years of age), the site of tumor<br />

origin, the histological subtype, the grade, the loss of (parts of) chromosome 22, and the<br />

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