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Familial T-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma caused by biallelic MSH2 mutations.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Jul 2007
Scott Richard H, Homfray Tessa, Huxter Nicola L, Mitton Sally G, Nash Ruth, Potter Mike N, Lancaster Donna, Rahman Nazneen
Abstract excerpt
Familial non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) is rare and in most cases, no underlying cause is identifiable. We report homozygous truncating mutations in the mismatch repair gene MSH2 (226C-->T; Q76X) in three siblings who each developed T-cell NHL in early childhood. All three children had hyperpigmented and hypopigmented skin lesions. Constitutional biallelic MSH2 mutations have previously been reported in five...
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