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N-acetyltransferase 2 influences cancer prevalence in hMLH1/hMSH2 mutation carriers.
Cancer research - 1 Jul 1999
Heinimann K, Scott R J, Chappuis P, Weber W, Müller H, Dobbie Z, Hutter P
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC), an inherited cancer predisposition syndrome, has been associated with germline mutations in DNA mismatch repair (MMR) genes. Because a deficiency in MMR does not predict a specific cancer phenotype, modifying genes may account in part for the variation in disease expression. We determined the N-acetyltransferase 2 (NAT2) genotype in 26 unaffected and 52...
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