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Novel and recurrent germline alterations in the MLH1 and MSH2 genes identified in hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer patients in Slovakia.
Neoplasma - 1 Jan 2006
Zavodna K, Bujalkova M, Krivulcik T, Alemayehu A, Skorvaga M, Marra G, Fridrichova I, Jiricny J, Bartosova Z
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) is associated with germline mutations in DNA mismatch repair genes, predominantly MSH2 and MLH1. Mutation carriers develop cancers in the colorectum, endometrium, ovary, stomach, small intestine and the upper urinary tract. We describe here the r...
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