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Immunoexpression of neurofibromin, S-100 protein, and leu-7 and mutation analysis of the NF1 gene at codon 1423 in osteofibrous dysplasia.
Human pathology - 1 Nov 2001
Sakamoto A, Oda Y, Oshiro Y, Tamiya S, Iwamoto Y, Tsuneyoshi M
Abstract excerpt
The NF1 (neurofibromatosis type 1, or von Recklinghausen disease) gene, is a tumor-suppressor gene, and its product, neurofibromin, down-regulates ras protein by its guanosine triphosphatase-activating protein (GAP)-related domain. Osteofibrous dysplasia (OFD) is characterized by fibroblast-like spindle cells and osseous tissue and is generally seen in the tibia or fibula during childhood. The precise nature of...
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