A homozygous germ-line mutation in the human MSH2 gene predisposes to hematological malignancy and multiple café-au-lait spots

Cancer Research

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 359-362

  Whiteside, Darcy ^a   Steckley, Jamie L ^a   Somerville, Martin J ^a   Andrew, Susan E ^a   McLeod, Ross ^b   Graham, Gail ^b   Booth, Karen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CAFE AU LAIT SPOT; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GERM LINE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; MISMATCH REPAIR; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASE PAIR MISMATCH; CAFE-AU-LAIT SPOTS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA REPAIR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EXONS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE, L1; MALE; MUTS HOMOLOG 2 PROTEIN; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PEDIGREE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS;

EID: 0037081077     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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