Double Jeopardy: The Rubber Ball Bounces Twice.

J Invest Dermatol

Department of Dermatology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta Veterans Administration Medical Center, Winship Cancer Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

Published: January 2017

Soblet et al. describe cis mutations in TEK/Tie-2 in blue rubber bleb nevus and sporadic vascular malformations. This suggests that the remaining normal allele is required for the phenotype. Second, it suggests therapeutic approaches to treatment signal transduction inhibition.

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