Somatic mosaicism in a patient with Lynch syndrome

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 212-215

  Pastrello, Chiara ^a   Fornasarig, Mara ^a   Pin, Elisa ^a   Berto, Eleonora ^a   Pivetta, Barbara ^b   Viel, Alessandra ^a  

^a CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^b Azienda Ospedaliera   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hereditary non polyposis colorectal cancer; Lynch syndrome; MLH1; Mosaicism

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN MLH1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FAMILIAL CANCER; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOSAICISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC MUTATION;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOSAICISM; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 59849129835     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.32620     Document Type: Article

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