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Germline Heterozygous Variants in SEC23B Are Associated with Cowden Syndrome and Enriched in Apparently Sporadic Thyroid Cancer.
American journal of human genetics - 5 Nov 2015
Yehia Lamis, Niazi Farshad, Ni Ying, Ngeow Joanne, Sankunny Madhav, Liu Zhigang, Wei Wei, Mester Jessica L, Keri Ruth A, Zhang Bin, Eng Charis
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Cancer-predisposing genes associated with inherited cancer syndromes help explain mechanisms of sporadic carcinogenesis and often inform normal development. Cowden syndrome (CS) is an autosomal-dominant disorder characterized by high lifetime risks of epithelial cancers, such that ∼50% of affected individuals are wild-type for known cancer-predisposing genes. Using whole-exome and Sanger sequencing of a...
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