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Deep intronic APC mutations explain a substantial proportion of patients with familial or early-onset adenomatous polyposis.
Human mutation - 1 Jul 2012
Spier Isabel, Horpaopan Sukanya, Vogt Stefanie, Uhlhaas Siegfried, Morak Monika, Stienen Dietlinde, Draaken Markus, Ludwig Michael, Holinski-Feder Elke, Nöthen Markus M, Hoffmann Per, Aretz Stefan
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To uncover pathogenic deep intronic variants in patients with colorectal adenomatous polyposis, in whom no germline mutation in the APC or MUTYH genes can be identified by routine diagnostics, we performed a systematic APC messenger RNA analysis in 125 unrelated mutation-negative cases. Overall, we identified aberrant transcripts in 8% of the patients (familial cases 30%; early-onset manifestation 21%). In eight...
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