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The gastrointestinal phenotype of germline biallelic mismatch repair gene mutations.
The American journal of gastroenterology - 1 Nov 2010
Durno Carol A, Holter Spring, Sherman Philip M, Gallinger Steven
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: A novel cancer syndrome associated with biallelic mismatch repair (MMR) mutations has been described recently. Patients presenting with childhood-onset gastrointestinal (GI) cancers may carry biallelic MMR mutations and have a distinct phenotype from classic Lynch syndrome. The aim of this study was to characterize patients with GI small bowel and/or colorectal cancers (CRCs) who have germline...
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