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Oncologic surveillance for subjects with biallelic mismatch repair gene mutations: 10 year follow-up of a kindred.
Pediatric blood & cancer - 1 Oct 2012
Durno Carol A, Aronson Melyssa, Tabori Uri, Malkin David, Gallinger Steven, Chan Helen S L
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BACKGROUND: Heterozygous germline mutations in DNA mismatch repair (MMR) genes cause Lynch syndrome. Biallelic MMR mutations cause a distinct syndrome characterized by brain tumors, lymphoid malignancies, and gastrointestinal cancers during childhood. These children usually succumb to multiple ca...
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