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Increased Risk of Internal Tumors in DNA Repair-Deficient Xeroderma Pigmentosum Patients: Analysis of Four International Cohorts
2021-12-21
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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Background Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) is a rare, autosomal, recessive DNA repair-deficiency disorder with a frequency of 1-3 per million livebirths in Europe and USA but with higher frequencies in isolated islands or in countries with a high level of consanguinity. XP is characterized by high incidence of skin cancers on sun-exposed sites. Recent improvement in life expectancy of XP pa...
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- Literature Corpus work
- a20ea727-8e9e-5a89-9d42-c9c52d8b51dd
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-910494/v1
