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Mutations in the Nijmegen breakage syndrome gene in medulloblastomas.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 1 Jul 2008
Huang Jian, Grotzer Michael A, Watanabe Takuya, Hewer Ekkehard, Pietsch Torsten, Rutkowski Stefan, Ohgaki Hiroko
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Cerebellar medulloblastoma is a highly malignant, invasive embryonal tumor with preferential manifestation in children. Nijmegen breakage syndrome (NBS) with NBS1 germ-line mutations is a rare autosomal recessive disease with clinical features that include microcephaly, mental and growth retardation, immunodeficiency, increased radiosensitivity, and predisposition to cancer. There may be functional...
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