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Medulloblastoma in a patient with the PTPN11 p.Thr468Met mutation.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Aug 2013
Rankin Julia, Short John, Turnpenny Peter, Castle Bruce, Hanemann C Oliver
Abstract excerpt
Medulloblastoma is the commonest brain tumor in childhood and in a minority of patients is associated with an underlying genetic disorder such as Gorlin syndrome or familial adenomatous polyposis. Increased susceptibility to certain tumors, including neuroblastoma and some hematological malignancies, is recognized in disorders caused by mutations in genes encoding components of the RAS signaling pathway which...
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