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Lack of mutation-histopathology correlation in a patient with Proteus syndrome.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Jun 2016
Doucet Meggie E, Bloomhardt Hadley M, Moroz Krzysztof, Lindhurst Marjorie J, Biesecker Leslie G
Abstract excerpt
Proteus syndrome (PS) is characterized by progressive, disproportionate, segmental overgrowth, and tumor susceptibility caused by a somatic mosaic AKT1 activating mutation. Each individual has unique manifestations making this disorder extremely heterogeneous. We correlated three variables in 38 tissue samples from a patient who died with PS: the gross affection status, the microscopic affection status, and the...
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