[Ataxia telangiectasia and genetic predisposition to cancer].

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Ataxia telangiectasia (AT) is a genetic disorder with an autosomic recessive transmission. Occurring during childhood, it affects different organs and/or systems. Physiopathology is still unclear. The first clinical signs are evident early in childhood and evolution always leads to death. The secondary cause of mortality in 10 to 15% of the affected is the development of cancers. Genetic predisposition to cancer...

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