A kindred withMYH-associated polyposis and pilomatricomas

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MYH-associated polyposis (MAP) is a recently described autosomal recessive form of familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) associated with susceptibility to colorectal carcinoma (CRC). MAP is caused by biallelic inactivating mutations of the MYH gene, a component of the base excision repair (BER) machinery, whose dysfunction leads to an increase in the rate of G > T transversions following DNA oxidative damage. MAP...

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