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Cancer risk of heterozygotes with the NBN founder mutation.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute - 19 Dec 2007
Seemanová Eva, Jarolim Petr, Seeman Pavel, Varon Raymonda, Digweed Martin, Swift Michael, Sperling Karl
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BACKGROUND: The autosomal recessive chromosomal instability disorder Nijmegen breakage syndrome (NBS) is associated with increased risk of lymphoid malignancies and other cancers. Cells from NBS patients contain many double-stranded DNA breaks. More than 90% of NBS patients are homozygous for a f...
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