Familial Lymphoproliferative Malignancies and Tandem Duplication of NF1 Gene
Background. Neurofibromatosis type 1 is a genetic disorder caused by loss-of-function mutations in a tumor suppressor gene (NF1) which codifies the protein neurofibromin. The frequent genetic alterations that modify neurofibromin function are deletions and insertions. Duplications are rare and phen...
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Publishing Corporation
2014
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4279825/ |