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p53 mutation as the second event in juvenile chronic myelogenous leukemia in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 1.
Cancer - 15 Nov 1997
Luria D, Avigad S, Cohen I J, Stark B, Weitz R, Zaizov R
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BACKGROUND: Young patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) are at increased risk of developing various malignancies, most of which are myeloid disorders. The observed loss of NF1 allele in the myeloid malignancies of NF1 patients suggests a role of NF1 as a tumor suppressor gene. Loss of 17p was found to be quite frequent in neural crest tumors from patients with NF1, raising the possibility of p53 tumor...
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