Neurofibromas in NF1: Schwann Cell Origin and Role of Tumor Environment
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- 3 May 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 296 (5569) , 920-922
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1068452
Abstract
Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is one of the most prevalent dominantly inherited genetic diseases of the nervous system. NF1 encodes a tumor suppressor whose functional loss results in the developm...Keywords
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