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Targeted exome sequencing and chromosomal microarray for the molecular diagnosis of nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome.
Journal of dermatological science - 1 Jun 2017
Matsudate Yoshihiro, Naruto Takuya, Hayashi Yumiko, Minami Mitsuyoshi, Tohyama Mikiko, Yokota Kenji, Yamada Daisuke, Imoto Issei, Kubo Yoshiaki
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BACKGROUND: Nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome (NBCCS) is an autosomal dominant disorder mainly caused by heterozygous mutations of PTCH1. In addition to characteristic clinical features, detection of a mutation in causative genes is reliable for the diagnosis of NBCCS; however, no mutations have been identified in some patients using conventional methods. OBJECTIVE: To improve the method for the molecular...
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