Publications by authors named "Esra Akyurek"

Objective: Breast cancer (BC) is the most common cancer type in women and may be inherited, mostly in an autosomal dominant pattern. The clinical diagnosis of BC relies on the published diagnostic criteria, and analysis of two genes, and , which are strongly associated with BC, are included in these criteria. The aim of this study was to compare BC index cases with non-BC individuals in terms of genotype and diagnostic features to investigate the genotype/demographic information association.

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Introduction: Aggrecanopathies are rare disorders associated with idiopathic short stature. They are caused by pathogenic changes in the gene located on chromosome 15q26. In this study, we present a case of short stature caused by mutations in the gene.

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