First report of somatic mosaicism for mutations in STK11 in four patients with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome.

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Published in Fam Cancer on January 01, 2016

Authors

Victoria McKay1, Diane Cairns2, David Gokhale2, Roger Mountford2, Lynn Greenhalgh3

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Clinical Genetics, Merseyside and Cheshire Regional Clinical Genetics Service, Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust, Crown Street, Liverpool, L8 7SS, UK. Victoria.mckay@lwh.nhs.uk.
2: Merseyside and Cheshire Regional Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust, Crown Street, Liverpool, L8 7SS, UK.
3: Department of Clinical Genetics, Merseyside and Cheshire Regional Clinical Genetics Service, Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust, Crown Street, Liverpool, L8 7SS, UK.

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