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 pheno...

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Main Authors: Gustavo Fernandes, Mirela Souto, Frederico Costa, Edite Oliveira, Bernardo Garicochea
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2014-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Oncological Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/685857
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