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Biallelic disruption of the PTCH1 gene in multiple basal cell carcinomas in Japanese patients with nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome.
Acta medica Okayama - 1 Jan 2014
Tate Genshu, Kishimoto Koji, Mitsuya Toshiyuki
Abstract excerpt
The aim of the present study is to address whether the molecular pathogenesis is identical among multiple basal cell carcinomas (BCCs) present in the same nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome (NBCCS) patient. Patient 1 is a 61-year-old (yo) Japanese female whose clinical characteristics and findings of a genetic analysis of PTCH1 have been previously described. Patient 2 is patient 1's 64-yo sister who also...
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