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Polymerase chain reaction-based risk assessment for Wilms tumor in sporadic aniridia.
American journal of ophthalmology - 1 May 1998
Gupta S K, De Becker I, Guernsey D L, Neumann P E
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Sporadic cases of aniridia have a 30% risk for the development of Wilms tumor. Current guidelines for sporadic aniridia recommend screening by renal ultrasonography for the presence of tumors every 6 months until age 5 years. Deletions of chromosome 11p13 that affect both PAX6 (aniridia) and WT1 (Wilms tumor) loci are the basis for the association of these two uncommon disorders. We sought to develop a...
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