Mutations in the human homologue of the Drosophila patched gene in Caucasian and African-American nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome patients.
Chidambaram A, Goldstein AM, Gailani MR, Gerrard B, Bale SJ, DiGiovanna JJ, Bale AE, Dean M. Mutations in the human homologue of the Drosophila patched gene in Caucasian and African-American nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome patients. Cancer Research 1996, 56: 4599-601. PMID: 8840969.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNevoid basal cell carcinoma syndromeNBCCS patientsMultiple basal cell carcinomasNevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome patientsBasal cell carcinoma syndromeMultisystem autosomal dominant disorderBasal cell carcinomaAutosomal dominant disorderOvarian fibromaCell carcinomaSuch tumorsSyndrome patientsCarcinoma syndromePlantar pitsOdontogenic keratocystsEctopic calcificationGorlin syndromeClinical phenotypeDevelopmental anomaliesSyndromePatientsDominant disorderIntrafamilial variabilityTumorsHuman homologueMolecular analysis of chromosome 9q deletions in two Gorlin syndrome patients.
Shimkets R, Gailani M, Siu V, Yang-Feng T, Pressman C, Levanat S, Goldstein A, Dean M, Bale A. Molecular analysis of chromosome 9q deletions in two Gorlin syndrome patients. American Journal Of Human Genetics 1996, 59: 417-22. PMID: 8755929, PMCID: PMC1914731.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGorlin syndromeGorlin syndrome patientsSyndrome patientsMultiple basal cell carcinomasConductive hearing lossBasal cell carcinomaAllelic lossCancer predisposition syndromeAutosomal dominant disorderGerm-line deletionOvarian fibromaSecond patientCell carcinomaHearing lossGroup AGroup CPatientsSyndromeDominant mutationsSignificant phenotypic variabilityGorlin syndrome geneDominant disorderNull mutationXeroderma pigmentosum group AIdentical alterations