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Intronic splicing mutations in PTCH1 cause Gorlin syndrome.
Familial cancer - 1 Sept 2014
Bholah Zaynab, Smith Miriam J, Byers Helen J, Miles Emma K, Evans D Gareth, Newman William G
Abstract excerpt
Gorlin syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by multiple early-onset basal cell carcinoma, odontogenic keratocysts and skeletal abnormalities. It is caused by heterozygous mutations in the tumour suppressor PTCH1. Routine clinical genetic testing, by Sanger sequencing and multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA) to confirm a clinical diagnosis of Gorlin syndrome, identifies a...
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