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NF1 exon 22 analysis of individuals with the clinical diagnosis of neurofibromatosis type 1.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Aug 2010
Muram-Zborovski Talia M, Vaughn Cecily P, Viskochil David H, Hanson Heather, Mao Rong, Stevenson David A
Abstract excerpt
Café-au-lait macules are frequently seen in Ras-MAPK pathway disorders and are a cardinal feature of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). Most NF1 individuals develop age-related tumorigenic manifestations (e.g., neurofibromas), although individuals with a specific 3-bp deletion in exon 22 of NF1 (c.2970_2972delAAT) have an attenuated phenotype with primarily pigmentary manifestations. Previous reports identify this...
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