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High prevalence of the NBN gene mutation c.657-661del5 in Southeast Germany.
Journal of applied genetics - 1 Jan 2010
Maurer M H, Hoffmann K, Sperling K, Varon R
Abstract excerpt
Nijmegen breakage syndrome (NBS), a rare autosomal recessive chromosomal instability disorder, is caused by mutations in the NBN gene. Most patients known so far are of Slavic origin and carry the major founder mutation c.657-661del5. Due to an unexpectedly high incidence of NBS patients (homozygous for the c.657-661del5 mutation) in a Northeast Bavarian region in Southeast Germany, we estimated the prevalence of...
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