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Noonan syndrome and neurofibromatosis type I in a family with a novel mutation in NF1.
Clinical genetics - 1 Dec 2009
Nyström A M, Ekvall S, Allanson J, Edeby C, Elinder M, Holmström G, Bondeson M L, Annerén G
Abstract excerpt
Noonan syndrome (NS) and neurofibromatosis type I (NF1) belong to a group of clinically related disorders that share a common pathogenesis, dysregulation of the RAS-MAPK pathway. NS is characterized by short stature, heart defect, pectus deformity and facial dysmorphism, whereas skin manifestations, skeletal defects, Lisch nodules and neurofibromas are characteristic of NF1. Both disorders display considerable...
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