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Rhabdomyosarcoma in patients with constitutional mismatch-repair-deficiency syndrome.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Jun 2009
Kratz C P, Holter S, Etzler J, Lauten M, Pollett A, Niemeyer C M, Gallinger S, Wimmer K
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Biallelic germline mutations in the mismatch repair genes MLH1, MSH2, MSH6 or PMS2 cause a recessive childhood cancer syndrome characterised by early-onset malignancies and signs reminiscent of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). Alluding to the underlying genetic defect, we refer to this syndrome as constitutional mismatch repair-deficiency (CMMR-D) syndrome. The tumour spectrum of CMMR-D syndrome...
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