Constitutional microsatellite instability, genotype, and phenotype correlations in Constitutional Mismatch Repair Deficiency

Constitutional mismatch repair deficiency (CMMRD) is a rare recessive childhood cancer predisposition syndrome caused by germline mismatch repair (MMR) variants. Constitutional microsatellite instability (cMSI) is a CMMRD diagnostic hallmark and may associate with cancer risk. We quantified cMSI in a large CMMRD patient cohort to explore genotype-phenotype correlations, using novel MSI markers selected for instability in blood.

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