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Neurofibromatosis and early onset of cancers in hMLH1-deficient children.
Cancer research - 15 Jan 1999
Wang Q, Lasset C, Desseigne F, Frappaz D, Bergeron C, Navarro C, Ruano E, Puisieux A
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer is a common hereditary disorder caused by the germ-line mutations of DNA mismatch repair (MMR) genes, especially hMLH1 and hMSH2. We report here the first identification of human compounds with a homozygous inactivation of a MMR gene. In a typical hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer family, MMR-deficient children conceived from matings between heterozygotes for a hMLH1...
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