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A linkage study of the family suggested close linkage to the NF1 locus and excluded it from the NF2 locus. The DNA analysis of histopathologically verified spinal neurofibromas in two patients showed no evidence of LOH at 17q11.2. The findings in the present family, together with those in a family previously described, suggest a clinically distinct form of neurofibromatosis with extensive spinal neurofibromas and caf\u00e9 au lait macules, which may be allelic to the NF1 gene.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1136\/jmg.34.3.184","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2008,11,10]],"date-time":"2008-11-10T15:37:21Z","timestamp":1226331441000},"page":"184-187","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":51,"title":["Hereditary spinal neurofibromatosis: a rare form of NF1?"],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"34","author":[{"given":"M","family":"Poyhonen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"E L","family":"Leisti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"S","family":"Kyt\u00f6l\u00e4","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"J","family":"Leisti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[1997,3,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","article-title":"Neurofibromatosis: phenotype, natural history, and pathogenesis","author":"Riccardi, V.M.","year":"1992","unstructured":"Riccardi VM. 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