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Systematic analysis of hMSH2 and hMLH1 in young colon cancer patients and controls.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Sept 1998
Farrington S M, Lin-Goerke J, Ling J, Wang Y, Burczak J D, Robbins D J, Dunlop M G
Abstract excerpt
Germ-line mutations in DNA mismatch-repair genes impart a markedly elevated cancer risk, often presenting as autosomal dominant hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC). However, there are no pathognomonic features of HNPCC, not all gene carriers have a family history of the disease, and families fulfilling the Amsterdam criteria are relatively uncommon. Genetic testing of probands with early-onset...
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