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Somatic alterations of the NF1 gene in an NF1 individual with multiple benign tumours (internal and external) and malignant tumour types.
Familial cancer - 1 Jan 2007
Spurlock Gill, Griffiths Siân, Uff Jeremy, Upadhyaya Meena
Abstract excerpt
Neurofibromatosis type 1 is a common familial cancer syndrome, affecting about 1 in every 4,000 individuals worldwide. We have carried out NF1 gene mutation analysis on DNA isolated from 25 tumours (dermal and plexiform neurofibromas, malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour, MPNST), obtained at post-mortem from an NF1 patient. Macro and micro sequence alterations of the NF1 gene were studied by dHPLC,...
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