Monozygotic twins with Neurofibromatosis type 1, concordant phenotype and synchronous development of MPNST and metastasis.

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Published in BMC Cancer on August 05, 2010

Authors

German Melean1, Alba Marina Hernández, María Carmen Valero, Elisabete Hernández-Imaz, Yolanda Martín, Concepción Hernández-Chico

Author Affiliations

1: Unidad de Genética Molecular, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Spain.

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