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A new strategy to screen MMR genes in Lynch Syndrome: HA-CAE, MLPA and RT-PCR.
European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990) - 1 May 2009
Perez-Cabornero Lucia, Velasco Eladio, Infante Mar, Sanz David, Lastra Enrique, Hernández Lara, Miner Cristina, Duran Mercedes
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AIMS: Hereditary non-polyposis colon cancer (HNPCC) is an autosomal dominant disorder that is genetically heterogeneous because of underlying mutations in mismatch repair (MMR) genes, primarily MLH1, MSH2 and MSH6. One challenge to correctly diagnose HNPCC is that the large size of the causative genes makes identification of mutations both labour intensive and expensive. METHODS: Our heteroduplex analysis by...
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