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Two novel STK11 mutations in three Chinese families with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome.
Chinese medical journal - 5 Jul 2007
Zuo Ya-gang, Xu Ke-jian, Su Bin, Ho Michael G, Liu Yue-hua
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS) is an autosomal dominantly inherited disease. STK11/LKB1 gene germline mutations have been identified as responsible for PJS. In our study, we investigated the molecular basis of PJS and evaluated correlation between the STK11 mutations and the Chinese population. METHODS: We collected three pedigrees of PJS and screened the 9 exons and their flanking intronic sequences of...
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