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Gamma knife radiotherapy in a neurofibromatosis type 1 Chinese pedigrees with NF1 gene frameshift mutation: A case report.
Medicine - 8 Jul 2022
Dong Meng-Jie, Yang Zhong-Kun, Yang Ji, Guo Rui-Qin, Xiao Yu-Yuan, Liu Hai
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RATIONALE: Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is a common autosomal dominant genetic disorder. NF1 is a multisystemic disease and its pathogenesis involves mutations in the NF1 gene on chromosome 17q11.2 causing RAS overactivation to stimulate abnormal cell proliferation. In this article, a Chinese family with neurofibromatosis type 1 was reported and the relationship between the phenotype and gene mutation was...
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