Sporadic and multiple neurofibromas in the head and neck region: A retrospective study of 33 years

Clinical Oral Investigations

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 165-169

  Marocchio, Luciana Sassa ^a   Oliveira, Denise Tostes ^a   Pereira, Michele Conceição ^a   Soares, Cléverson Teixeira ^b   Fleury, Raul Negrão ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Sector of Microbiology   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Nerve sheath tumor; Neural tumor; Neurofibroma; Neurofibromatosis; Plexiform neurofibroma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH MUCOSA; NEUROFIBROMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TUMOR;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MOUTH MUCOSA; NEUROFIBROMA; NEUROFIBROMA, PLEXIFORM; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34249752127     PISSN: 14326981     EISSN: 14363771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00784-006-0096-6     Document Type: Article

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