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Germline TP53 mutations and Li-Fraumeni syndrome†

  1. J.M. Varley*

Article first published online: 24 FEB 2003

DOI: 10.1002/humu.10185

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Human Mutation

Human Mutation

Special Issue: Focus on p53 and Cancer

Volume 21, Issue 3, pages 313–320, March 2003

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Varley, J.M. (2003), Germline TP53 mutations and Li-Fraumeni syndrome. Hum. Mutat., 21: 313–320. doi: 10.1002/humu.10185

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  1. Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, Christie NHS Trust, Manchester, UK

*Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, Christie NHS Trust, Wilmslow Road, Manchester M20 4BX, UK

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