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Editorial
. 2021 Apr;64(4):165-166.
doi: 10.3345/cep.2020.01277. Epub 2020 Sep 18.

Improving the lives of children with neurofibromatosis type 1

Yoo-Mi Kim  1
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Editorial

Improving the lives of children with neurofibromatosis type 1

Yoo-Mi Kim. Clin Exp Pediatr. 2021 Apr.
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No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.

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Fig. 1.
The pathogenesis (A) and onset of clinical features (B) of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). AKT, protein kinase B; ERK, extracellular signal-regulated kinase; MEK, mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK)/ERK kinase; mTOR, mammalian target of rapamycin; PDK, 3-phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase 1; PI3K, phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase; RAF, first identified downstream effector kinase of RAS.
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