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[Diagnosis by directed mutagenesis of a mutation at the hMSH2 gene associated with hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer].
Medicina - 1 Jan 2000
Roqué M, Pusiol E, Giribet G, Perinetti H, Mayorga L S
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (NHPCC) is the most common form of inherited colon cancer and one of the most frequent autosomal dominant disorders. HNPCC presents an early onset of colorectal cancer (< 50 years), proximal localization of the colonic tumors, and high risk of developing multiple primary colorectal tumors as well as extracolonic tumors. This disease is caused by mutations in at least four...
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