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Capillary malformations in a child caused by a novel HRAS mutation.
Pediatric dermatology - 1 Jan 2000
van Gysel Dirk, de Maeseneer Hannelore, Legius Eric, Brems Hilde
Abstract excerpt
A 6-year-old boy with multiple capillary malformations of the port-wine birthmark (PWB) type on the right leg since birth presented with a varicose vein and segmental overgrowth of the affected leg. Genetic testing on affected skin confirmed the presence of a somatic novel pathogenic HRAS 30 bp in-frame duplication/insertion in the switch II domain. This case illustrates the phenotypic overlap of different...
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