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Genetics of McCune-Albright syndrome.
Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM - 1 May 2006
de Sanctis Luisa, Delmastro Lisa, Russo Maria Chiara, Matarazzo Patrizia, Lala Roberto, de Sanctis Carlo
Abstract excerpt
McCune-Albright syndrome (MAS) is a rare proteiform disease due to postzygotic, somatic mutations at codon R201 of the GNAS1 gene that results in cellular mosaicism. Different methods have been used in the molecular analysis of DNA samples from several tissues of patients with one or more MAS signs, with various mutation detection rates. We review data from the literature to investigate whether patient inclusion...
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