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SMARCB1 mutations are not a common cause of multiple meningiomas.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Aug 2010
Hadfield K D, Smith M J, Trump D, Newman W G, Evans D G
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BACKGROUND: Schwannomas and meningiomas are both part of the tumour spectrum of neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) and are associated with somatic loss of chromosome 22. They are also found commonly within the general population, unrelated to NF2. Germline SMARCB1 mutations have recently been identified as a pathogenic cause of a subset of familial schwannomatosis cases, and SMARCB1 is a candidate gene for causation...
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