Lymphomas in patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1): another malignancy in the NF1 syndrome?

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Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is an autosomal dominant multisystem syndrome caused by mutations in the neurofibromin 1 (NF1) gene that encodes for the protein neurofibromin acting as a tumour suppressor. Neurofibromin functions primarily as a GTPase-activating protein for the Ras family of oncogenes, which activates many signalling pathways for cell proliferation and differentiation; without neurofibromin, Ras...

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