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Novel Founder Mutation in FANCA Gene (c.3446_3449dupCCCT) Among Romani Patients from the Balkan Region.
Balkan medical journal - 20 Jan 2018
Dimishkovska Marija, Kotori Vjosa Mulliqi, Gucev Zoran, Kocheva Svetlana, Polenakovic Momir, Plaseska-Karanfilska Dijana
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Fanconi anemia is a rare autosomal recessive or X-linked disorder characterised by clinical and genetic heterogeneity. Most fanconi anemia patients harbour homozygous or double heterozygous mutations in the FANCA (60-65%), FANCC (10-15%), FANCG (~10%) or FANCD2 (3-6%) genes. We have already reported the FANCA variant c.190-256_283+1680del2040dupC as a founder mutation among Macedonian fanconi anemia...
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