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Whole exome sequencing of pediatric gastric adenocarcinoma reveals an atypical presentation of Li-Fraumeni syndrome.
Pediatric blood & cancer - 1 Apr 2013
Chang Vivian Y, Federman Noah, Martinez-Agosto Julian, Tatishchev Sergei F, Nelson Stanley F
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BACKGROUND: Gastric adenocarcinoma is a rare diagnosis in childhood. A 14-year-old male patient presented with metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma, and a strong family history of colon cancer. Clinical sequencing of CDH1 and APC were negative. Whole exome sequencing was therefore applied to capture the majority of protein-coding regions for the identification of single-nucleotide variants, small...
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