Research Article
Promoter Hypermethylation of the EMP3 Gene in a Series of 229 Human Gliomas
Table 2
Frequency of EMP3 promoter methylation in glioma types.
| Tumor type | Patients (n) | EMP3 hypermethylation (%) | P value |
| Astrocytic tumors | 100 | 18 (18%) | | (WHO grades I–IV) | Oligodendroglial tumors | 73 | 46 (63%) | <0.0001 | (WHO grades II-III) | Oligoastrocytomas | 20 | 14 (70%) | 0.0001 | (WHO grades II-III) |
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