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No evidence for a major role of heterozygous deletion 657del5 within the NBS1 gene in the pathogenesis of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of childhood and adolescence.
British journal of haematology - 1 Apr 2000
Stanulla M, Stümm M, Dieckvoss B O, Seidemann K, Schemmel V, Müller Brechlin A, Schrappe M, Welte K, Reiter A
Abstract excerpt
Nijmegen breakage syndrome (NBS) is an autosomal recessive DNA repair disorder with a high predisposition for lymphoid malignancies. The majority of NBS patients carry a homozygous founder mutation (657del5) within the NBS1 gene. The observation of a high incidence of cancer in close relatives of NBS patients suggests a potential pathogenetic role of NBS1 mutations in heterozygotes as well. We assessed the...
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