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Mutations of the NF1 gene in children with juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia without clinical evidence of neurofibromatosis, type 1.
Blood - 1 Jul 1998
Side L E, Emanuel P D, Taylor B, Franklin J, Thompson P, Castleberry R P, Shannon K M
Abstract excerpt
Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML) is a pediatric myelodysplastic syndrome that is associated with neurofibromatosis, type 1 (NF1). The NF1 tumor suppressor gene encodes neurofibromin, which regulates the growth of immature myeloid cells by accelerating guanosine triphosphate hydrolysis on Ras proteins. The purpose of this study was to determine if the NF1 gene was involved in the pathogenesis of JMML in...
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