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Analysis of the neurofibromatosis type 2 gene in different human tumors of neuroectodermal origin.
Human genetics - 1 May 1996
De Vitis L R, Tedde A, Vitelli F, Ammannati F, Mennonna P, Bono P, Grammatico B, Grammatico P, Radice P, Bigozzi U, Montali E, Papi L
Abstract excerpt
The autosomal dominant syndrome neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) is characterized by the development of bilateral vestibular schwannomas, meningiomas, ependymomas and gliomas. The NF2 gene, recently isolated from chromosome 22, is mutated in both sporadic and NF2 tumors such as schwannomas, meningiomas and ependymomas. Mutations of the gene have been described not only in the neoplasms usually associated with NF2,...
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