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We are grateful to all patients and healthy controls for their participation in this study. We thank Heli Nevanlinna for DNA samples of FANCM c.5101C>T mutation carriers. We thank Iqbal U. Ali for critical review of the manuscript. This work was supported by the SKMCH & RC, Lahore, Pakistan.
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Rashid, M.U., Muhammad, N., Khan, F.A. et al. Absence of the FANCM c.5101C>T mutation in BRCA1/2-negative triple-negative breast cancer patients from Pakistan. Breast Cancer Res Treat 152, 229–230 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-015-3457-5
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