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Increased risk of gastrointestinal lymphoma in carriers of the 657del5 NBS1 gene mutation.
International journal of cancer - 15 Dec 2006
Steffen Jan, Maneva Galina, Popławska Lidia, Varon Raymonda, Mioduszewska Olga, Sperling Karl
Abstract excerpt
The NBS1 gene mutation, 657del5, frequent in the Slavic populations of Central Europe, is found in most patients with Nijmegen breakage syndrome (NBS), a recessive autosomal disorder with a very high incidence of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). We have previously described 2 heterozygous 657del5 mutation carriers among 42 adult NHL probands from Central Poland. Here we report 6 additional carriers of the 657del5...
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