Sturge–Weber Syndrome and Port-Wine Stains Caused by Somatic Mutation in GNAQ

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  • Matthew D. Shirley
  • Hao Tang
  • Laurence P. Frelin
چکیده

From the Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology Program (M.D.S., J.D.B., J.P.) and the Departments of Dermatology (B.C.), Neurology (A.M.C.), Pediatrics (A.M.C.), and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (J.P.), Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and the Department of Neurology and Developmental Medicine, Hugo W. Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger (M.D.S., J.D.B., L.P.F., A.M.C., J.P.) — all in Baltimore; the Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (H.T., C.J.G., D.A.M.); and the Department of Pathology, Division of Pediatric Pathology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (P.E.N.). Address reprint requests to Dr. Pevsner at the Department of Neurology, Kennedy Krieger Institute, 707 N. Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205, or at [email protected].

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تاریخ انتشار 2013