Intestinal mesenteric involvement with plexiform neurofibroma in neurofibromatosis type 1

Pediatrics International

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 337-339

  Imamoǧlu, Mustafa ^a   Çay, Ali ^a   Yariş, Nilgün ^a   Yayla, Şeker ^a   Sarihan, Haluk ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Intestinal mesentery; Neurofibromatosis type 1; Plexiform neurofibroma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROTOMY; MESENTERY; MESENTERY DISEASE; NEUROFIBROMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; MESENTERY; NEUROFIBROMA, PLEXIFORM; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33646738039     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2006.02216.x     Document Type: Article

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