Radiation Oncology/Cancer Syndromes/Ataxia-Telangiectasia-Like Disorder

Ataxia-Telangiectasia-Like Disorder

• Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man Entry (Johns Hopkins)

• Mutation in MRE11 (part of MRN complex)
• Critical in recognition and repair of DNA double strand breaks
• Cells are radiosensitive
• Similar clinical features as Ataxia-Telangiectasia

• Birmingham, UK; 2004 PMID 15279810 -- "Ataxia-telangiectasia-like disorder (ATLD)-its clinical presentation and molecular basis."(Taylor AM, DNA Repair (Amst). 2004 Aug-Sep;3(8-9):1219-25.)
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