Disorders Caused by Genetic Mosaicism

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BACKGROUND: Genetic mosaics arise through new mutations occurring after fertiliza- tion (i.e., postzygotic mutations). Mosaics have been described in recent years as the cause of many different disorders; many of these are neurocutaneous diseases and syndromal developmental disorders, each with a characteristic phenotype. In some of these disorders, there is a genetic predisposition to the development of tumors....

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