Background. Plexiform neurofibromatosis is a fea-Recklinghausen's disease (VRD), an autosomal ture of von Recklinghausen's disease. Head and neck lesions may dominant disorder with an incidence of approxiproduce varying degrees of cosmetic and functional deformity. However, life-threatening hemorrha
Massive haemorrhage in elephantiasis neurofibroma
β Scribed by P. McMaster
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1972
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 228 KB
- Volume
- 59
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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