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Blue Rubber Bleb Nevus Syndrome (Brbns)

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Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome (BRBNS) is a rare congenital disorder (OMIM # 112200) characterized by multifocal venous malformations mainly of the skin, soft tissue and gastrointestinal tract which may occur however in any tissue including the nervous system (Enjolras and Mulliken 1997, Fretzin and Potter 1965, Moodley and Ramdial 1993, Mulliken and Glowacki 1982, Munkvad 1983, Nahm et al. 2004, Paules et al. 1993).

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Boente, M.C., Cordisco, M.R. (2008). Blue Rubber Bleb Nevus Syndrome (Brbns). In: Ruggieri, M., Pascual-Castroviejo, I., Di Rocco, C. (eds) Neurocutaneous Disorders Phakomatoses and Hamartoneoplastic Syndromes. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-69500-5_13

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