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Mutations in the human homologue of the Drosophila patched gene in Caucasian and African-American nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome patients.
Cancer research - 15 Oct 1996
Chidambaram A, Goldstein A M, Gailani M R, Gerrard B, Bale S J, DiGiovanna J J, Bale A E, Dean M
Abstract excerpt
The nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome (NBCCS), or Gorlin syndrome, is a multisystem autosomal dominant disorder. The salient features of this syndrome include multiple basal cell carcinomas, palmar and/or plantar pits, odontogenic keratocysts, skeletal and developmental anomalies, and ectopic calcification. Other features include such tumors as ovarian fibromas and medulloblastomas. There is extensive...
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