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SUBMITTER: Fernandez-Rozadilla C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6721314 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cancers 20190730 8
Lynch syndrome (LS) is the most common hereditary colorectal cancer (CRC) syndrome, caused by heterozygous mutations in the mismatch repair (MMR) genes. Biallelic mutations in these genes lead however, to constitutive mismatch repair deficiency (CMMRD). In this study, we follow the diagnostic journey of a 12-year old patient with CRC, with a clinical phenotype overlapping CMMRD. We perform molecular and functional assays to discard a CMMRD diagnosis then identify by exome sequencing and validati ...[more]