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Structural genome variations in individuals with childhood cancer and tumour predisposition syndromes.
European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990) - 1 Jun 2013
Hopman Saskia, Merks Johannes, Eussen Hubertus, Douben Hannie, Snijder Simone, Hennekam Raoul, de Klein Annelies, Caron Huib
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Previous studies have shown a high prevalence of syndromes in children with cancer. We described four patterns of co-occurring morphological abnormalities indicating new tumour predisposition syndromes. These patterns were named after their key-abnormalities: blepharophimosis (BP), epicanthal folds (EF), asymmetric lower limbs (LLA) and Sydney creases (SC) pattern. The purpose of our study was to...
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