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Genetic mapping of a third Li-Fraumeni syndrome predisposition locus to human chromosome 1q23.
Cancer research - 15 Jan 2005
Bachinski Linda L, Olufemi Shodimu-Emmanuel, Zhou Xiaojun, Wu Chih-Chieh, Yip Linwah, Shete Sanjay, Lozano Guillermina, Amos Christopher I, Strong Louise C, Krahe Ralf
Abstract excerpt
Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous inherited cancer syndrome. Most cases ( approximately 70%) identified and characterized to date are associated with dominantly inherited germ line mutations in the tumor suppressor gene TP53 (p53) in chromosome 17p13.1. In a subset of non-p53 patients with LFS, CHEK2 in chromosome 22q11 has been identified as another predisposing locus....
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