Article
Inherited WT1 mutation in Denys-Drash syndrome.
Cancer research - 1 Nov 1992
Coppes M J, Liefers G J, Higuchi M, Zinn A B, Balfe J W, Williams B R
Abstract excerpt
Patients with the Denys-Drash syndrome (Wilms' tumor, genital anomalies, and nephropathy) have been demonstrated to carry de novo constitutional mutations in WT1, the Wilms' tumor gene at chromosome 11p13. We report three new cases, two carrying a previously described WT1 exon 9 mutation and one with a novel WT1 exon 8 mutation. However, unlike patients in previous reports, one of our three patients inherited the...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Child
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11
- Exons
- Female
- Genes, Wilms Tumor
- Genitalia, Female
- Genitalia, Male
- Humans
- Kidney Diseases
- Kidney Neoplasms
