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Molecular analysis of glioma and skin-tumour alterations in a xeroderma-pigmentosum child.
International journal of cancer - 5 May 1999
Giglia G, Bouffet E, Jouvet A, Ohgaki H, Kleihues P, Sarasin A
Abstract excerpt
Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) is a rare hereditary disease characterized by a very high frequency of skin tumours due to a defect in the nucleotide-excision-repair process. Some of these patients have also been reported to develop internal tumours with higher frequency than the normal population. Reported here are the clinical features and molecular analysis of an XP patient who developed multiple skin cancers as...
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