Multiple cutaneous plexiform schwannomas: Report of a case and review of the literature with particular reference to the association with types 1 and 2 neurofibromatosis and schwannomatosis

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 399-401

  Reith, John D ^a   Goldblum, John R ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EPENDYMOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; SKIN TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; NEURILEMMOMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSES; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 2; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0029886511     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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