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APC somatic mosaicism in a patient with Gardner syndrome carrying the E1573X mutation: report of a case.
Diseases of the colon and rectum - 1 Aug 2009
Filipe Bruno, Albuquerque Cristina, Bik Elsa, Lage Pedro, Rodrigues Paula, Vossen Rolf, Tops Carli, Nobre Leitão Carlos
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We report a case of somatic APC mosaicism in an person with a clinical diagnosis of Gardner syndrome with features of attenuated polyposis coli and with an uninformative family history. In initial screening for APC mutations, the germline mutation E1573X was detected in a lower proportion than that predicted by a heterozygous mutation indicating the presence of somatic mosaicism. Pyrosequencing confirmed this...
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