Table 2 Distribution of the germline TP53 alterations identified in 82 French Li–Fraumeni syndrome families
Number (%) of families
Small alterations78 (95)
    Missense mutations55 (67)
        Within exons 5–948 (59)
        Outside exons 5–97 (9)
    Other types23 (28)
        Splicing mutations8 (10)
        Non-sense mutations4 (5)
        Frameshift deletions/insertions5 (6)
        In frame deletions6 (7)
Genomic rearrangements4 (5)