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Clinical Phenotype and Bone Biopsy Characteristics in a Child with Proteus Syndrome.
Calcified tissue international - 1 Nov 2021
Al Kaissi Ali, Misof Barbara M, Laccone Franco, Blouin Stéphane, Roschger Paul, Kircher Susanne G, Shboul Mohammad, Mindler Gabriel T, Girsch Werner, Ganger Rudolf
Abstract excerpt
Proteus syndrome is a rare genetic disorder, which is characterized by progressive, segmental, or patchy overgrowth of diverse tissues of all germ layers, including the skeleton. Here, we present a 9-year-old girl with a somatic-activating mutation (c.49G > A; p.Glu17Lys) in AKT1 gene in a mosaic status typical for Proteus syndrome. She presented with hemihypertrophy of the right lower limb and a "moccasin"...
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