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Nijmegen breakage syndrome: clinical manifestation of defective response to DNA double-strand breaks.
DNA repair - 1 Jan 2000
Digweed Martin, Sperling Karl
Abstract excerpt
Nijmegen breakage syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disease belonging to a group of disorders often called chromosome instability syndromes. In addition to a characteristic facial appearance and microcephaly, patients suffering from Nijmegen breakage syndrome have a range of symptoms including radiosensitivity, immunodeficiency, increased cancer risk and growth retardation. The underlying gene, NBS1,...
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