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Mutation-positive and mutation-negative patients with Cowden and Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba syndromes associated with distinct 10q haplotypes.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Nov 2006
Pezzolesi Marcus G, Li Yan, Zhou Xiao-Ping, Pilarski Robert, Shen Lei, Eng Charis
Abstract excerpt
Phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome 10 (PTEN) encodes a tumor-suppressor phosphatase frequently mutated in both sporadic and heritable forms of human cancer. Germline mutations are associated with a number of heritable cancer syndromes that are jointly referred to as the "PTEN ha...
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