Multiple nodular plexiform neurofibromas in a neurofibromatosis 1 family: A familial tendency? A case report and review of the literature

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 357-358

  Tamer, E ^a   Yalçin, Başak ^a   Alli, N ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARM; CAFE AU LAIT SPOT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEG; LENTIGO; MALE; NEUROFIBROMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PAIN; SCALP; SCOLIOSIS; SKIN NODULE;

ADOLESCENT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROFIBROMA, PLEXIFORM; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0038543208     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.2003.01694.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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