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Characterization of a novel founder MSH6 mutation causing Lynch syndrome in the French Canadian population.
Clinical genetics - 1 Jun 2015
Castellsagué E, Liu J, Volenik A, Giroux S, Gagné R, Maranda B, Roussel-Jobin A, Latreille J, Laframboise R, Palma L, Kasprzak L, Marcus V A, Breguet M, Nolet S, El-Haffaf Z, Australie K, Gologan A, Aleynikova O, Oros-Klein K, Greenwood C, Mes-Masson A M, Provencher D, Tischkowitz M, Chong G, Rousseau F, Foulkes W D
Abstract excerpt
We identified an MSH6 mutation (c.10C>T, p.Gln4*) causing Lynch syndrome (LS) in 11 French Canadian (FC) families from the Canadian province of Quebec. We aimed to investigate the molecular and clinical implications of this mutation among FC carriers and to assess its putative founder origin. We studied 11 probands and 27 family members. Additionally 6433 newborns, 187 colorectal cancer (CRC) cases, 381...
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