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Two cases of Noonan syndrome with severe respiratory and gastroenteral involvement and the SOS1 mutation F623I.
European journal of medical genetics - 1 Jan 2000
Fabretto Antonella, Kutsche Kerstin, Harmsen May-Britt, Demarini Sergio, Gasparini Paolo, Fertz Maria Cristina, Zenker Martin
Abstract excerpt
Noonan syndrome (NS) is an autosomal dominant, inherited disorder characterized by facial dysmorphism, congenital heart defects, and reduced postnatal growth. Dysregulated RAS-MAPK signalling is the common molecular basis for NS, a genetically heterogeneous disease. Germline mutations in genes encoding small GTPases of the RAS family (KRAS and NRAS), modulators of RAS function (PTPN11, SOS1 and SHOC2) or...
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