Neurofibromatosis type 1: Report of two contrasting cases

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 614-617

  Sheikh, N ^a   McLigeyo, S O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DORSAL ROOT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEG; MALE; NEUROFIBROMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; SKIN MANIFESTATION; X RAY ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOMINANT GENE; EDEMA; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EDEMA; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1;

EID: 0036877743     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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