Clinical Manifestations and Management of Neurofibromatosis Type 1

Seminars in Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 2-7

  Tonsgard, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

brain tumors; learning disabilities; neurofibromas; neurofibromatosis type 1; NF1; peripheral nerve tumors

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ESTROGEN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; TOPIRAMATE;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; BRAIN TUMOR; CAFE AU LAIT SPOT; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEADACHE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LEARNING DISORDER; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NERVE PLEXUS; NERVE ROOT TUMOR; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; NEUROFIBROMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVE TUMOR; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEIZURE; SHORT STATURE; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; STROKE; TUMOR GROWTH; VASCULAR DISEASE;

AGE FACTORS; CAFE-AU-LAIT SPOTS; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 33745492585     PISSN: 10719091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spen.2006.01.005     Document Type: Article

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