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PTPN11 mutations and genotype-phenotype correlations in Noonan and LEOPARD syndromes.
Pediatric endocrinology reviews : PER - 1 Jun 2005
Ogata Tsutomu, Yoshida Rie
Abstract excerpt
This review summarizes PTPN11 (protein-tyrosine phosphatase, nonreceptor type 11) mutations and genotype-phenotype correlations in Noonan syndrome (NS) and LEOPARD syndrome (LS). PTPN11 mutations have been identified in approximately 40% of NS patients and in >80% of LS patients. Since the vast majority of mutations reside in and around the broad intramolecular interaction surface between the N-SH2 and PTP...
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