Zsófia Ember

Ms. Zsófia Ember


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Academic Career Length

2Years (2025-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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9 January 2025 in Biomedicines
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KVKlára Veres
Klára Veres
BNBenedek Nagy
Benedek Nagy
ZEZsófia Ember
Zsófia Ember
Judit BeneJudit Bene
Judit Bene
Hadzsiev KingaHadzsiev Kinga
Hadzsiev Kinga
ZSZsuzsanna Zsófia Szalai
Zsuzsanna Zsófia Szalai
Background: Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is a complex neurocutaneous disorder caused by pathogenic variants in the NF1 gene. Although genotype–phenotype correlation studies are increasing, robust clinically relevant correlations have remained limited. Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of data obtained from a cohort of 204 Hungarian individuals, with a mean age of 16 years (age range: 1–33 years). The data were collected over 15 years. Results: Among the cohort of 204 patients, 148 subjects fulfilled ≥2 criteria established by the National Health Institute. Genetic testing was performed in 70 patients, with an 82.8% detection rate, of which 13 patients were excluded. Among the remaining 45 pathogenic variants, 17 (37.7%) frameshift, 11 (24.4%) nonsense, 8 (17.8%) splice-site, 4 (8.9%) missense mutations, and 5 (11.11%) copy number variations (CNVs) were detected. Café-au-lait macules were present in all patients (100%). Intracranial malformations were the second most common feature (55.6%), followed by Lisch nodules (35.6%), neurofibromas (33.3%), and skeletal abnormalities (31.1%). Conclusions: In our cohort, patients with splice-site variants (8/45, 17.8%) demonstrated a notably more severe phenotype compared to findings reported in other studies, with a high prevalence of plexiform neurofibromas (37.5%), intracranial findings (62.5%), skeletal abnormalities (50%), Lisch nodules (50%), and even pseudarthrosis (25%). Correlating with the literature, missense variants represented a mild phenotype, while patients with microdeletion syndrome revealed a more severe phenotype.