Type 1 neurofibromatosis complicated by pulmonary arterial hypertension: a case report

• Hoofdauteurs: Murathan Küçük (Auteur), Can Ramazan Öncel (Auteur), Mustafa Uçar (Auteur), Aytül Belgi Yıldırım (Auteur)
• Formaat: Boek
• Gepubliceerd in: KARE Publishing, 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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Neurofibromatosis type I (NF1) is a rare genetic disease caused by mutations in the NF1 gene, which encodes the tumor suppressor neurofibromin. Precapillary pulmonary hypertension is a severe complication of NF1, initially described in patients with advanced parenchymal lung disease, which may compl...