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Familial predisposition to Wilms tumor does not segregate with the WT1 gene.
Genomics - 1 Aug 1991
Schwartz C E, Haber D A, Stanton V P, Strong L C, Skolnick M H, Housman D E
Abstract excerpt
Wilms tumor (WT) is one of the more common childhood cancers. A small fraction of WT occurs in association with aniridia, genitourinary abnormalities and mental retardation, the WAGR syndrome, and these cases often are accompanied by a constitutional deletion of all or part of band 11p13. Recently a WT susceptibility gene (WT1), localized to 11p13, has been isolated and shown to be inactivated in some sporadic...
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