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Cascade Fumarate Hydratase mutation screening allows early detection of kidney tumour: a case report.

Melanie M Y ChanAngela BarnicoatFaiz MumtazMichael AitchisonLucy SideHelen BrittainAlan W H BatesDaniel P Gale
Published in: BMC medical genetics (2017)
While the theoretical risk of kidney cancer in parents of children with recessive fumarate hydratase deficiency is well recognized, to our knowledge this is the first report of a kidney tumour being detected in a parent by screening performed for this indication. This underscores the importance of offering lifelong kidney surveillance to such parents and other heterozygous relatives of children born with fumarate hydratase deficiency.
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