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Identification of forty-five novel and twenty-three known NF1 mutations in Chinese patients with neurofibromatosis type 1.
Human mutation - 1 Aug 2006
Lee Ming-Jen, Su Yi-Ning, You Huey-Ling, Chiou Shinn-Chong, Lin Li-Chu, Yang Chih-Chao, Lee Wang-Chao, Hwu Wu-Liang, Hsieh Fon-Jou, Stephenson Dennis A, Yu Chia-Li
Abstract excerpt
Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), characterized by skin neurofibromas and an excess of café-au-lait spots, is due to mutations in the neurofibromin (NF1) gene. Identifying the genetic defect in individuals with the disease represents a significant challenge because the gene is extremely large with a high incidence of sporadic mutations across the entire gene ranging from single nucleotide substitutes to large...
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