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Clinical signs and genetic evaluation of patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 with and without optic pathway gliomas in a center in Turkey.
Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery - 1 Feb 2024
Sharafi Parisa, Varan Ali, Ersoy-Evans Sibel, Ayter Sukriye
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PURPOSE: Optic pathway gliomas (OPGs) occur in 15% of patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). Their location renders biopsy or surgical resection difficult because of the risk of vision loss. Therefore, only a few NF1-OPGs have been used for tissue diagnosis, and only a few analyses have been published on the molecular changes that drive tumorigenesis. METHODS: Due to this reason, we evaluated 305 NF1...
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