Non-random associations and vascular fields in neurofibromatosis 1: A pathogenetic hypothesis

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 140, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 2080-2084

  Lubinsky, Mark S ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Field; Glaucoma; Gynecomastia; Hypertension, renal; Neurofibroma, fibrous plexiform; Neurofibroma, plexiform; Neurofibromatosis type 1; Optic glioma; Ptosis; Sphenoid dysplasia; Twins, monozygous; Vasculopathy

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; BONE DYSPLASIA; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CARCINOGENESIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GLAUCOMA; GYNECOMASTIA; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IRIS DISEASE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEUROFIBROMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; OPTIC NERVE GLIOMA; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; SPHENOID; TRIGEMINAL NERVE DISEASE; TUMOR GROWTH; TWIN CONCORDANCE;

CHILD; EYE ABNORMALITIES; EYE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 33749504156     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.31303     Document Type: Review

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