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Hereditary spastic paraplegia masqueraded by congenital melanocytic nevus syndrome: Dual pathogenesis of germline non-mosaicism and somatic mosaicism.
European journal of medical genetics - 1 Apr 2020
Sakaguchi Yuri, Uehara Tomoko, Sasaki Marie, Fujimura Kimino, Kishi Kazuo, Kosaki Kenjiro, Takenouchi Toshiki
Abstract excerpt
Neurocutaneous disorders are caused by germline and/or somatic mutations and involve the integument and central nervous systems. Congenital melanocytic nevus syndrome is characterized by melanotic skin lesions caused by somatic mutations at codon 61 in NRAS. A large cutaneous lesion raises the risk of central nervous system involvement. We report an 8-year-old girl with a congenital giant pigmented nevus that...
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