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Spectrum and significance of variants and mutations in the Fanconi anaemia group G gene in children with sporadic acute myeloid leukaemia.
British journal of haematology - 1 May 2006
Meyer Stefan, Barber Lisa M, White Daniel J, Will Andrew M, Birch Jillian M, Kohler Janice A, Ersfeld Klaus, Blom Eric, Joenje Hans, Eden Tim O B, Malcolm Taylor G
Abstract excerpt
Childhood acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is uncommon. Children with Fanconi anaemia (FA), however, have a very high risk of developing AML. FA is a rare inherited disease caused by mutations in at least 12 genes, of which Fanconi anaemia group G gene (FANCG) is one of the commonest. To address to what extent FANCG variants contribute to sporadic childhood AML, we determined the spectrum of FANCG sequence variants...
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