Neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1) is an autosomal dominant neurocutaneous disorder with an incidence of approximately 1 in 4000. Cognitive deficits and academic learning difficulties are the most common neurological 'complication' of NF1 in childhood and can be responsible for significant lifetime morbidity
Neurofibromatosis type 1 and childhood cancer
โ Scribed by Ichiro Matsui; Masako Tanimura; Noboru Kobayashi; Tadashi Sawada; Noboru Nagahara; Jun-Ichi Akatsuka
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 832 KB
- Volume
- 72
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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