Neurofibromatosis type 2 with multiple primary brain tumors in monozygotic twins

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 528-535

  Harada, Hironobu ^a   Kumon, Yoshiaki ^a   Hatta, Nobuaki ^a   Sakaki, Saburo ^a   Ohta, Shinsuke ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Monozygotic twins; Multiple brain tumors; Mutational analysis; Neurofibromatosis type 2

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASES IN TWINS; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUTATION; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 2; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0032933309     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(97)00487-4     Document Type: Article

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