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Connections between constitutional mismatch repair deficiency syndrome and neurofibromatosis type 1.
Clinical genetics - 1 Apr 2017
Wimmer K, Rosenbaum T, Messiaen L
Abstract excerpt
Constitutional mismatch repair (MMR) deficiency (CMMRD) is a rare childhood cancer susceptibility syndrome resulting from biallelic germline loss-of-function mutations in one of the MMR genes. Individuals with CMMRD have high risk to develop a broad spectrum of malignancies and frequently display features reminiscent of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). Evaluation of the clinical findings of genetically proven...
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