Nephrotic syndrome in a child with neurofibromatosis type 1: A case report and literature review.

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Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is an autosomal dominant genetic disorder that caused by NF1 mutations. NF1 gene encodes neurofibromin (a GTPase-activating protein) and plays a regulatory role in many signalling pathway such as the Ras/MAPK pathway, which is important for regulating cell growth, proliferation and neural development. Therefore, NF1 gene mutations causes the excessive activation of signalling...

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