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Glimpsing the cause of rhabdomyosarcoma

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A mouse model of Gorlin's syndrome implicates mutations in patched and upregulation of insulin growth factor 2 in the etiology of rhabdomyosarcoma (pages 619–622).

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Zhan, S., Helman, L. Glimpsing the cause of rhabdomyosarcoma. Nat Med 4, 559–560 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0598-559

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