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Frequent NF2 gene transcript mutations in sporadic meningiomas and vestibular schwannomas.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Jun 1994
Lekanne Deprez R H, Bianchi A B, Groen N A, Seizinger B R, Hagemeijer A, van Drunen E, Bootsma D, Koper J W, Avezaat C J, Kley N
Abstract excerpt
The gene for the hereditary disorder neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2), which predisposes for benign CNS tumors such as vestibular schwannomas and meningiomas, has been assigned to chromosome 22 and recently has been isolated. Mutations in the NF2 gene were found in both sporadic meningiomas and vestibular schwannomas. However, so far only 6 of the 16 exons of the gene have been analyzed. In order to extend the...
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