Medical genetics: advances in brief: Neurofibromatosis type 1: the cognitive phenotype
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The molecular genetics of neurofibromatosis type 1 and its future prospective
Abstract Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is an autosomal dominant tumor predisposition syndrome that is caused through loss of function mutations of a tumor suppressor gene termed neurofibromin 1. Therapeutic decisions are presently restricted for NF1-associated tumors, where treatment is often restricted to thorough surgical resection with perfect margins. In this review article, the multif...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Medical Genetics
سال: 1994
ISSN: 1468-6244
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.31.8.656-c