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Mutational analysis of the PTPN11 gene in Egyptian patients with Noonan syndrome.
Journal of the Formosan Medical Association = Taiwan yi zhi - 1 Nov 2013
Essawi Mona L, Ismail Manal F, Afifi Hanan H, Kobesiy Maha M, El Kotoury Ahmed, Barakat Maged M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: Noonan syndrome (NS) is inherited as an autosomal dominant disorder with dysmorphic facies, short stature, and cardiac defects, which can be caused by missense mutations in the protein tyrosine phosphatase nonreceptor type 11 (PTPN11) gene, which encodes src homology region 2 domain containing tyrosine phosphatase-2 (SHP-2), a protein tyrosine phosphatase that acts in signal transduction...
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