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Mutations of the adenomatous polyposis coli and p53 genes in a child with Turcot's syndrome.
Cancer letters - 23 Oct 1998
Barel D, Cohen I J, Mor C, Stern S, Shapiro R, Shomrat R, Galanti Y, Legum C, Zaizov R, Avigad S
Abstract excerpt
Turcot's syndrome is a rare heritable complex that is characterized by an association between a primary neuroepithelial tumor of the central nervous system and multiple colonic polyps. The aim of this study was to analyze genetic alterations in a case of Turcot's syndrome in a 10.5-year-old boy in whom a colorectal tumor developed 3.5 years following astrocytoma. An APC germline non-sense mutation at codon 1284...
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