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Erdheim-Chester disease.
European journal of internal medicine - 1 May 2015
Campochiaro Corrado, Tomelleri Alessandro, Cavalli Giulio, Berti Alvise, Dagna Lorenzo
Abstract excerpt
Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) is rare form of non-Langerhans cells histiocytosis with multiorgan involvement. Individuals are more frequently affected in their fifth decade and there is a slight male prevalence. Recent studies have demonstrated that ECD patients bare mutations in the proto-oncogene BRAF (and more rarely in other genes involved in the MAPK activation pathway), suggesting a critical role of this...
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