Differential expression of PTEN gene correlates with phenotypic heterogeneity in three cases of patients showing clinical manifestations of PTEN hamartoma tumour syndrome

Abstract Cowden syndrome (CS), Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba syndrome (BRRS) and proteus syndrome are disorders known as PTEN hamartoma tumour syndrome (PHTS), that can show remarkable clinical overlap and are all caused by germline PTEN mutations. We here present two families, one affected by CS and the...
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Paparo, Lorella [verfasserIn]

Rossi, Giovanni Battista

Delrio, Paolo

Rega, Daniela

Duraturo, Francesca

Liccardo, Raffaella

Debellis, Mario

Izzo, Paola

De Rosa, Marina

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E-Artikel

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

2013

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PTEN hamartoma tumour syndrome (PHTS)

Cowden syndrome (CS)

Bannayan-riley-ruvalcaba syndrome (BRRS)

Sporadic pheochromocytoma

Macrocephaly

tumour suppressor gene

Haploinsufficiency

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© Paparo et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2013. This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (

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Enthalten in: Hereditary cancer in clinical practice - Berlin : Springer, 2003, 11(2013), 1 vom: 25. Juli

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volume:11 ; year:2013 ; number:1 ; day:25 ; month:07

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DOI / URN:

10.1186/1897-4287-11-8

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SPR029724147

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