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Correlations between phenotype and microsatellite instability in HNPCC: implications for genetic testing.
Familial cancer - 1 Jan 2004
Palmirotta Raffaele, Matera Sabino, Curia Maria Cristina, Aceto Gitana, el Zhobi Bassam, Verginelli Fabio, Guadagni Fiorella, Casale Vincenzo, Stigliano Vittoria, Messerini Luca, Mariani-Costantini Renato, Battista Pasquale, Cama Alessandro
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) is widely considered to be a syndrome of defective mismatch repair (MMR). A major concern with genetic diagnosis of HNPCC is the variable, often low, percentage of pathogenic germline mutations that can be detected in MMR genes using common screen...
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