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Germline SMARCA4 mutations in patients with ovarian small cell carcinoma of hypercalcemic type.
Orphanet journal of rare diseases - 15 Mar 2015
Moes-Sosnowska Joanna, Szafron Lukasz, Nowakowska Dorota, Dansonka-Mieszkowska Agnieszka, Budzilowska Agnieszka, Konopka Bozena, Plisiecka-Halasa Joanna, Podgorska Agnieszka, Rzepecka Iwona K, Kupryjanczyk Jolanta
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: SMARCA4 mutations have recently been identified as driving lesions of the ovarian small cell carcinoma of hypercalcemic type (SCCHT). Familial occurrence of this neoplasm was described previously. METHODS: We looked for germline SMARCA4 alterations in eight patients with the SCCHT. DNA was extracted from probands' and their relatives' blood. The SMARCA4 coding sequence, previously found altered in all...
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