The profile and contribution of rare germline copy number variants to cancer risk in Li-Fraumeni patients negative for TP53 mutations

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Summary

The results suggest that both TP53-negative and positive LFS/LFL patients present a broad spectrum of germline genetic alterations affecting multiple loci, and that the genetic basis of LFS /LFL predisposition or penetrance in many cases might reside in germline transmission of CNVs.

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2014-04-28
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Li–Fraumeni syndrome, Germline, Human genetics, Germline mutation, Genetics

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