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Somatic PTPN11 Mutation in a Child With Neuroblastoma and Protein Losing Enteropathy.
Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology - 1 May 2018
Obasaju Patience, Brondon Jennifer, Mir Sabina, Fordham Lynn A, Lee Sang, Blatt Julie
Abstract excerpt
Neuroblastoma and protein losing enteropathy (PLE) are diagnoses commonly seen by oncologists and gastroenterologists, respectively. The concurrence of these 2 entities is rare, and not well explained. We describe the sixth case of PLE in a child with neuroblastoma, and the first for which genetic information is available. Tumor DNA had a mutation in the PTPN11 gene, which has been described in neuroblastoma, and...
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