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Comment
. 2022 Mar;30(3):260-261.
doi: 10.1038/s41431-021-01031-4. Epub 2022 Jan 4.

The simplest explanation does not have to be preferred: co-occurrence of pathogenic variants in cancer-predisposing genes

Sergi Castellví-Bel  1
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The simplest explanation does not have to be preferred: co-occurrence of pathogenic variants in cancer-predisposing genes

Sergi Castellví-Bel. Eur J Hum Genet. 2022 Mar.
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  • Multilocus Inherited Neoplasia Allele Syndrome (MINAS): an update.
    McGuigan A, Whitworth J, Andreou A, Hearn T; Genomics England Research Consortium; Tischkowitz M, Maher ER. McGuigan A, et al. Eur J Hum Genet. 2022 Mar;30(3):265-270. doi: 10.1038/s41431-021-01013-6. Epub 2022 Jan 4. Eur J Hum Genet. 2022. PMID: 34983940 Free PMC article. Review.

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