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Hereditary diffuse gastric cancer and E-cadherin: description of the first germline mutation in an Italian family.
European journal of surgical oncology : the journal of the European Society of Surgical Oncology and the British Association of Surgical Oncology - 1 May 2007
Roviello F, Corso G, Pedrazzani C, Marrelli D, De Falco G, Berardi A, Garosi L, Suriano G, Vindigni C, De Stefano A, Leoncini L, Seruca R, Pinto E
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AIMS: Germline mutation of the E-cadherin gene (CDH1) accounts for the Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer (HDGC) syndrome. Fourteen pedigrees with Diffuse Gastric Cancer that fulfilled the International Gastric Cancer Linkage Consortium (IGCLC) criteria were selected and screened for CDH1 germline mutations. METHODS: The entire coding region of the CDH1 gene and all intron-exon boundaries were analyzed by direct...
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