Lisch nodules of the iris in neurofibromatosis type 1

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 342-344

  Richetta, A ^a   Giustini, S ^a   Recupero, S M ^a   Pezza, M ^a   Carlomagno, V ^a   Amoruso, G ^a   Calvieri, Stefano ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lisch nodules; Neurofibromatosis type 1; Nodules of the iris; Von Recklinghausen disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CELL TYPE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EYE BIOPSY; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; HAMARTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IRIS DISEASE; LISCH NODULE; MAST CELL; MELANOCYTE; NEUROFIBROMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IRIS; IRIS NEOPLASMS; MAST CELLS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 2442545598     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2004.00915.x     Document Type: Article

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