Biallelic NTHL1 Mutations in a Woman with Multiple Primary Tumors

Barbara Rivera, Ester Castellsagué, Ismaël Bah, Léon C van Kempen, William D Foulkes

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Abstract

A patient is described with multiple cancers and compound heterozygous mutations in NTHL1, a recently described polyposis gene. The involvement of a second causative mutation is reported.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1985-1986
Number of pages2
JournalNew England Journal of Medicine
Volume373
Issue number20
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 12-Nov-2015
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Adult
  • Alleles
  • Carcinoma/genetics
  • Colorectal Neoplasms/genetics
  • Deoxyribonuclease (Pyrimidine Dimer)/genetics
  • Female
  • Germ-Line Mutation
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary/genetics
  • Pedigree
  • Phenotype

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