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Genetic and pathogenetic aspects of Noonan syndrome and related disorders.
Hormone research - 1 Dec 2009
Zenker Martin
Abstract excerpt
Noonan syndrome (NS) and the clinically overlapping disorders cardio-facio-cutaneous syndrome, LEOPARD syndrome, Costello syndrome and Neurofibromatosis-Noonan syndrome share the clinical features of short stature, the same spectrum of congenital heart defects, and a similar pattern of craniofacial anomalies. It is now known that all these disorders are caused by mutations in components of the RAS-MAPK signaling...
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