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Tumor LOH analysis provides reliable linkage information for prenatal genetic testing of sporadic NF1 patients.
Genes, chromosomes & cancer - 1 Sept 2007
Serra Eduard, Pros Eva, García Carles, López Eva, Gili M Lluïsa, Gómez Carolina, Ravella Anna, Capellá Gabriel, Blanco Ignacio, Lázaro Conxi
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The neurofibromatosis type 1 gene has one of the highest mutation rates in humans: about 50% of NF1 patients are de novo cases. Although direct mutation characterization has greatly improved over the past decade, in the context of clinical genetics services worldwide, there is still a significant number of patients for which, while fulfilling NF1 clinical criteria, no constitutive mutation is found at a desired...
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