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Cardiac Phenotype and Gene Mutations in RASopathies.
Genes - 2 Aug 2024
Faienza Maria Felicia, Meliota Giovanni, Mentino Donatella, Ficarella Romina, Gentile Mattia, Vairo Ugo, D'amato Gabriele
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Cardiac involvement is a major feature of RASopathies, a group of phenotypically overlapping syndromes caused by germline mutations in genes encoding components of the RAS/MAPK (mitogen-activated protein kinase) signaling pathway. In particular, Noonan syndrome (NS) is associated with a wide spectrum of cardiac pathologies ranging from congenital heart disease (CHD), present in approximately 80% of patients, to...
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