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A novel MSH2 mutation in a Chinese family with hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer.
International journal of colorectal disease - 1 Aug 2007
Zheng Duo, Li Tiegang, Liu Xiaoping, Hu Weixin, Chen Hanchun, Yang Yongjia
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) is one of the most common hereditary colon cancer syndrome accounting for 1-5% of all colorectal cancer cases. Germline mutations in DNA mismatch repair (MMR) genes are associated with the clinical phenotype of HNPCC. Defects in the MSH2 gene may account for about 40% of HNPCC cases including nucleotide substitutions, deletions and...
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