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A homozygous nonsense mutation early in exon 5 of BRCA2 is associated with very severe Fanconi anemia.
European journal of medical genetics - 1 Aug 2021
Radulovic Ivana, Kuechler Alma, Schündeln Michael M, Paulussen Michael, von Neuhoff Nils, Reinhardt Dirk, Hanenberg Helmut
Abstract excerpt
Fanconi anemia (FA) due to biallelic mutations in the BRCA2 gene is very rare and associated with an extremely high risk of early-onset of aggressive childhood malignancies, predominantly brain tumors, leukemia, and nephroblastoma. Here, we present a consanguineous family with three affected children of the D1 subtype of FA and describe the clinical consequences of the earliest known biallelic nonsense/stop-gain...
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