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A novel deletion in the splice donor site of MLH1 exon 6 in a Japanese colon cancer patient with Lynch syndrome.
Japanese journal of clinical oncology - 1 Oct 2015
Yamaguchi Junya, Sato Yuri, Kita Mizuho, Nomura Sachio, Yamamoto Noriko, Kato Yo, Ishikawa Yuichi, Arai Masami
Abstract excerpt
Lynch syndrome is an autosomal dominantly inherited disease that is characterized by a predisposition to cancers, mainly colorectal cancer. Germline mutations of DNA mismatch repair genes such as MLH1, MSH2, MSH6 and PMS2 have been described in patients with Lynch syndrome. Here, we report deletion of 2 bp in the splice donor site of the MLH1 exon 6 (c.545+4_545+5delCA) in a 48-year-old Japanese woman with Lynch...
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