Title |
Delineation of the clinical phenotype associated with non-mosaic type-2 NF1 deletions: two case reports
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Published in |
Journal of Medical Case Reports, December 2011
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DOI | 10.1186/1752-1947-5-577 |
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Authors |
Julia Vogt, Rosa Nguyen, Lan Kluwe, Martin Schuhmann, Angelika C Roehl, Tanja Mußotter, David N Cooper, Victor-Felix Mautner, Hildegard Kehrer-Sawatzki |
Abstract |
Large deletions of the NF1 gene and its flanking regions are frequently associated with a severe clinical manifestation. Different types of gross NF1 deletion have been identified that are distinguishable both by their size and the number of genes included within the deleted regions. Type-1 NF1 deletions encompass 1.4 Mb and include 14 genes, whereas the much less common type-2 NF1 deletions span 1.2 Mb and contain 13 genes. Genotype-phenotype correlations in patients with large NF1 deletions are likely to be influenced by the nature and number of the genes deleted in addition to the NF1 gene. Whereas the clinical phenotype associated with type-1 NF1 deletions has been well documented, the detailed clinical characterization of patients with non-mosaic type-2 NF1 deletions has not so far been reported. |
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