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Here, we investigated the sensitivity and specificity of SpliceAI, a recently introduced in silico splicing prediction algorithm in conjunction with other in silico tools. We evaluated 285 NF1 variants identified from 653 patients. The effect on variants on splicing alteration was confirmed by complementary DNA sequencing followed by genomic DNA sequencing. For in silico prediction of splicing effects, we used SpliceAI, MaxEntScan (MES), and Splice Site Finder-like (SSF). The sensitivity and specificity of SpliceAI were 94.5% and 94.3%, respectively, with a cut-off value of \u0394 Score &gt; 0.22. The area under the curve of SpliceAI was 0.975 (p &lt; 0.0001). Combined analysis of MES\/SSF showed a sensitivity of 83.6% and specificity of 82.5%. The concordance rate between SpliceAI and MES\/SSF was 84.2%. SpliceAI showed better performance for the prediction of splicing alteration for NF1 variants compared with MES\/SSF. 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