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Role of inherited defects of MYH in the development of sporadic colorectal cancer.
Genes, chromosomes & cancer - 1 May 2004
Kambara Takeshi, Whitehall Vicki L J, Spring Kevin J, Barker Melissa A, Arnold Sven, Wynter Coral V A, Matsubara Nagahide, Tanaka Noriaki, Young Joanne P, Leggett Barbara A, Jass Jeremy R
Abstract excerpt
Biallelic germ-line variants of the 8-hydroxyguanine repair gene MYH have been associated with multiple colorectal adenomas that display somatic G:C-->T:A transversions in APC. However, the effect of single germ-line variants has not been widely studied. To examine the relationship between monoallelic MYH variants and susceptibility to sporadic colorectal cancer (CRC), 92 cases of sporadic CRC, 19 cases of...
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