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Table 3 Comparisons of NF1 mutation spectra between Chinese and patients from other parts of the world

From: Clinical characteristics and mutation Spectrum of NF1 in 12 Chinese families with orbital/periorbital plexiform Neurofibromatosis type 1

 

Chinese patients (n = 14)

Korean patients (n = 52)

Italian patients (n = 73)

p1

p2

Novelty

   

0.395

0.591

Reported

8(57.1)

36(69.2)

36(49.3)

  

Novel

6(42.8)

16(30.8)

37(50.7)

  

Single-base mutation

6(42.9)

30(57.7)

49(67.1)

0.322

0.085

Nonsense

3(21.4)

10(19.2)

6(8.2)

0.854

0.137

Missense

3(21.4)

20(38.5)

43(58.9)

0.235

0.010*

Splicing mutation

4(28.6)

8(15.4)

18(24.7)

0.256

0.758

Intron

1(7.14)

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/

NA

NA

Frameshift deletion

3(21.4)

8(15.4)

18(24.7)

0.590

0.796

Insertion

0(0)

3(5.8)

1(1.4)

0.358

0.660

  1. Data are presented as n(%)
  2. *Statistically significant; p1: Chinese versus Korean patients [17]; p2: Chinese versus Italian patients [16]