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ey0017.3-10 | New genes | ESPEYB17

3.10. DGCR8 microprocessor defect characterizes familial multinodular goiter with schwannomatosis

B Rivera , J Nadaf , S Fahiminiya , M Apellaniz-Ruiz , A Saskin , AS Chong , S Sharma , R Wagener , T Revil , V Condello , Z Harra , N Hamel , N Sabbaghian , K Muchantef , C Thomas , L de Kock , MN Hebert-Blouin , AV Bassenden , H Rabenstein , O Mete , R Paschke , MP Pusztaszeri , W Paulus , A Berghuis , J Ragoussis , YE Nikiforov , R Siebert , S Albrecht , R Turcotte , M Hasselblatt , MR Fabian , WD Foulkes

To read the full abstract: J Clin Invest. 2020;130:1479–1490.This detailed genetic and molecular analysis of a three-generation family reveals a new form of autosomal dominant tumor susceptibility syndrome entitled familial multinodular goiter (MNG) with schwannomatosis. Biallelic alterations of the DGCR8 gene were found in all affected patients: First, all patients harbored the same heterozygous germline mutation p.E518K. Secondly...