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 click here codifies the protein neurofibromin.The frequent genetic alterations that modify neurofibromin function are deletions and insertions.Duplications are rare and phenotype in patients bearing duplication of NF