RAS pathway and disease [electronic resource] : neurofibromatosis and beyond / Eric Legius.
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Contents: Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) -- NIH diagnostic criteria (Seven criteria for NF1) -- NF1 and the RAS pathway -- NF1 tumour biology -- Neurofibromin deficiency -- Two types of neurofibromas -- Plexiform neurofibroma in the neck and mouth -- Mechanisms of disease -- Mouse models of neurofibroma formation -- Imatinib mesylate treatment -- Clinical aspects of glomus tumours of fingertips -- Gastrointestinal stromal tumours -- MPNST in NF1 -- FDG-PET as a diagnostic tool -- Hotspots for recombination & NF1 microdeletion -- SUZ12-loss -- Cafe-au-lait (CAL) macules -- Skeletal defects in NF1 -- Learning disabilities in NF1 -- Simvastatin treatment for cognitive deficits -- Mosaicism for NF1 mutation -- Diagnostic problems -- SPRED1 mutations & molecular mechanism of Legius syndrome -- The RAS pathway proteins & genetic syndromes (RASopathies).
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.