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Phenotypic variability among café-au-lait macules in neurofibromatosis type 1.
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology - 1 Sept 2010
Boyd Kevin P, Gao Liyan, Feng Rui, Beasley Mark, Messiaen Ludwine, Korf Bruce R, Theos Amy
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Café-au-lait macules (CALMs) in neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) are an early and accessible phenotype in NF1, but have not been extensively studied. OBJECTIVE: We sought to more fully characterize the phenotype of CALMs in patients with NF1. METHODS: In all, 24 patients with a diagnosis of NF1 confirmed through clinical diagnosis or molecular genetic testing were recruited from patients seen in the...
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