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Letter to the editor: rectal cancer in a 15-year-old female with a novel MLH1 and MSH6 biallelic inheritance

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Acknowledgments

The following clinicians contributed to the care of this patient:

Professor F Campbell (Consultant Histopathologist, Royal Liverpool University Hospital)

Dr. A Dalzell (Consultant Paediatric Gastroenterologist, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital)

Mr. A Drakeley (Consultant Gynaecologist, Liverpool Women’s Hospital)

Dr. J Evans (Consultant Radiologist, Royal Liverpool University Hospital)

Mrs. E Garforth (Stoma Nurse, Royal Liverpool University Hospital)

Dr. L Greenhalgh (Consultant Clinical Geneticist, Liverpool Women’s Hospital)

Mrs. S Kennedy (Colorectal Specialist Nurse, Royal Liverpool University Hospital)

Dr. S Myint (Consultant Oncologist, Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology)

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    Victoria Fretwell & Paul Rooney

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Fretwell, V., Rooney, P. Letter to the editor: rectal cancer in a 15-year-old female with a novel MLH1 and MSH6 biallelic inheritance. Int J Colorectal Dis 30, 435–436 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00384-014-2024-6

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