Growth dynamics of plexiform neurofibromas: A retrospective cohort study of 201 patients with neurofibromatosis 1

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Nguyen, Rosa ^a,b   Dombi, Eva ^c   Widemann, Brigitte C ^c   Solomon, Jeffrey ^c   Fuensterer, Carsten ^d   Kluwe, Lan ^a   Friedman, Jan M ^e   Mautner, Victor Felix ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Hamburg Othmarschen MRI Institute   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

MRI scan; Neurofibroma; Neurofibromatosis 1; Plexiform; Tumour burden

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CARCINOGENESIS; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROFIBROMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PLEXIFORM NEUROFIBROMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TUMOR VOLUME; WHOLE BODY MRI;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROFIBROMA, PLEXIFORM; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84866894117     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17501172     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1750-1172-7-75     Document Type: Article

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