Age related shift in the mutation spectra of germline and somatic NF2 mutations: Hypothetical role of DNA repair mechanisms

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 630-632

  Evans, D G R ^b   Maher, E R ^c   Baser, M E ^a  

^a St Mary's Hospital ^*

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; AGING; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; DNA REPAIR; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; HUMAN; MOSAICISM; MUTAGENESIS; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NF2 GENE; NONSENSE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOMATIC MUTATION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

AGE FACTORS; CODON, NONSENSE; DNA REPAIR; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENES, NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 2; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; MOSAICISM; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC;

EID: 23744454737     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.2004.027953     Document Type: Review

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