Clinical testing for the nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome in a DNA diagnostic laboratory
Klein RD, Dykas DJ, Bale AE. Clinical testing for the nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome in a DNA diagnostic laboratory. Genetics In Medicine 2005, 7: 611-619. PMID: 16301862, DOI: 10.1097/01.gim.0000182879.57182.b4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly-onset basal cell carcinomaBasal cell carcinomaCell carcinomaPTCH mutationsJaw cystsNevoid basal cell carcinoma syndromeCentral nervous system malformationsBasal cell carcinoma syndromeNervous system malformationsPeripheral blood leukocytesPTCH genePositive test resultsClinical featuresOvarian fibromaPathologic featuresCorpus callosumOcular abnormalitiesBlood leukocytesCarcinoma syndromeSystem malformationsPalmar pitsCleft lipClinical testingFalx cerebriCarcinomaClinical testing for multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 in a DNA diagnostic laboratory
Klein RD, Salih S, Bessoni J, Bale AE. Clinical testing for multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 in a DNA diagnostic laboratory. Genetics In Medicine 2005, 7: 131-138. PMID: 15714081, DOI: 10.1097/01.gim.0000153663.62300.f8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPituitary tumorsSporadic patientsIslet neoplasiaMEN1 mutationsMultiple endocrine neoplasia type 1Islet cell neoplasiaMEN1 genePancreatic islet tumorsFrameshift deletion mutationClinical featuresSomatic mosaicismPancreatic neoplasmsCell neoplasiaHyperparathyroidismBlood samplesPatientsClinical testingIslet tumorsSporadic casesType 1TumorsFamilial casesNeoplasiaSplice site mutationDNA diagnostic laboratories