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Germline mutations in BRCA2: shared genetic susceptibility to breast cancer, early onset leukemia, and Fanconi anemia.
Blood - 15 Apr 2004
Wagner John E, Tolar Jakub, Levran Orna, Scholl Thomas, Deffenbaugh Amie, Satagopan Jaya, Ben-Porat Leah, Mah Katherine, Batish Sat Dev, Kutler David I, MacMillan Margaret L, Hanenberg Helmut, Auerbach Arleen D
Abstract excerpt
The breast cancer susceptibility gene BRCA2 has recently been identified as identical to the Fanconi anemia (FA) gene FANCD1. Here we expand the clinical implications of this discovery. Notably, we identified 6 children in 5 kindreds exhibiting the co-occurrence of BRCA2 mutations, FA, and early...
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