Review Article
BRCA Genetic Screening in Middle Eastern and North African: Mutational Spectrum and Founder BRCA1 Mutation (c.798_799delTT) in North African
Table 1
Details of studies examining BRCA1 in MENA.
| Study | Case selection | Region covered | Detection method |
| Hadjisavvas et al. [19] (Cyprus) | 40 familial cases | All | Sequencing |
| Loizidou et al. [20] (Cyprus) | 26 familial cases | All | Sequencing |
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Atoum and Al-Kayed [16] (Jordan) | 135 BC females | Exons 2, 11, and 20 | DGGE |
| Jalkh et al. [21] (Lebanon) | 72 familial cases | All | Sequencing |
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Ibrahim et al. [17] (Egypt) | 20 healthy females and 30 familial cases | c.68_69delAG/exon 2 c.181T>G/exon5 c.5266dupC/exon 20 | MS-PCR RFLP |
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El-Debaky et al. [18] (Egypt) | 60 familial cases | Exons 2, 8, 13, and 22 | SSCP Heteroduplex analysis Sequencing |
| Tazzite et al. [22] (Morocco) | 34 familial cases 6 single cases (<40 years) | All | Sequencing |
| Laraqui et al. [23] (Morocco) | 19 familial cases 102 early-onset sporadic (<45 years) | All | Sequencing |
| Uhrhammer et al. [24] (Algeria) | 13 familial cases 51 young sporadic cases (<38 years) | All | Sequencing MLPA |
| Cherbal et al. [25] (Algeria) | 86 familial cases | All | HRM Sequencing MLPA |
| Troudi et al. [26] (Tunisia) | 34 familial cases | All | Sequencing |
| Mahfoudh et al. [27] (Tunisia) | 16 familial cases | All | Sequencing |
| Riahi et al. [28] | 48 familial cases | All | Sequencing |
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DGGE: denaturing gradient electrophoresis; MS-PCR: mutagenically separated PCR, SSCP: single-strand conformation polymorphism, RFLP: restriction fragment length polymorphism, HRM: high-resolution melting, MLPA: multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification.
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