Kiyozumi Y, Matsubayashi H, Horiuchi Y, Oishi T, Abe M, Ohnami S, Naruoka A, Kusuhara M, Yamaguchi K. A novel
MLH1 intronic variant in a young Japanese patient with Lynch syndrome.
Hum Genome Var 2018;
5:3. [PMID:
29760937 PMCID:
PMC5938003 DOI:
10.1038/s41439-018-0002-1]
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Abstract
Lynch syndrome, an autosomal dominantly inherited disease, is characterized by an increased risk of developing colorectal cancer. We found a novel germline variant of MLH1 (IVS6+2T>C) that caused Lynch syndrome in a young Japanese patient who had multiple colorectal cancers. Accurate diagnosis will be highly beneficial in clinical practice for surveillance and genetic counseling of patients and their relatives.
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