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A novel, de novo germline TP53 mutation in a rare presentation of the Li-Fraumeni syndrome in the maxilla.
Oral oncology - 1 Jun 2002
Patrikidou Anna, Bennett Jon, Abou-Sleiman Patrick, Delhanty Joy D A, Harris Malcolm
Abstract excerpt
We undertook the genetic analysis of a classic Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) family with clustering of primary tumours including two maxillary sarcomas, a rare LFS site of tumour occurrence. Our aim was to investigate the presence of a specific type of TP53 mutation that could be associated with this unusual predilection of site for cancer occurrence. Mutational screening of the coding region of TP53 revealed an A>T...
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