Article
[LEOPARD syndrome].
Ugeskrift for laeger - 19 Jan 2009
Hansen Lars Kjaersgård, Risby Kirsten, Bygum Anette, Gerdes Anne-Marie
Abstract excerpt
We describe a 12-year-old boy with a typical phenotype of the LEOPARD syndrome (LS). The diagnosis was confirmed in the boy and his mother, who both had a mutation in the PTPN11 gene at Thr468Met (c.1403C > T). Several other members of the maternal family are suspected also to have the LEOPARD syndrome. We discuss the clinical characteristics of LS, the need for follow-up and genetic counselling, and the...
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