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Haplotype analysis detects MLH1 founder variant in Indian Lynch syndrome patient cohort.
Familial cancer - 19 Dec 2024
Sheth Harsh, Sadhwani Jyoti, Jain Abhinav, Thenral S G, Ramprasad Vedam, Bishop D Timothy
Abstract excerpt
Lynch syndrome (LS) is an autosomal dominant hereditary cancer predisposition syndrome whereby the lifetime risk of developing gastrointestinal and genitourinary cancers rises by to over 50%. It is caused by heterozygous variants in the DNA mismatch repair genes- MLH1, MSH2, MSH6 and PMS2, with the majority detected in MLH1 and MSH2. Recurrently observed LS-associated variants in apparently unrelated individuals...
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