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[Clinical, cytogenetic and molecular characterization of a new case of Nijmegen breakage syndrome in Chile].
Revista medica de Chile - 1 Feb 2004
Marcelain Katherine, Aracena Mariana, Be Cecilia, Navarrete Carmen Luz, Moreno Rosa, Santos Manuel, Pincheira Juana
Abstract excerpt
The Nijmegen Breakage Syndrome (NBS) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder associated with microcephaly, immunodeficiency, chromosome instability and cancer proneness. The mutated gene that results in NBS codes for nibrin (Nbs1/p95), a DNA repair protein that is functionally linked to ATM, the kinase protein product of the gene responsible of ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T). We report the clinical, cytogenetic and...
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