Neurofibromatosis is a genetic disorder of the nervous system. It mainly affects how nerve cells form and grow. It causes tumors to grow on nerves. You can get neurofibromatosis from your parents, or it can happen because of a mutation (change) in your genes. Once you have it, you can pass it along to your children. Usually the tumors are benign, but sometimes they can become cancerous.
There are three types of neurofibromatosis:
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- Neurofibromatosis (National Library of Medicine)Neurofibromatosis is a genetic disorder of the nervous system. It mainly affects how nerve cells form and ... tumors to grow on nerves. You can get neurofibromatosis from your parents, or it can happen because ...
- Neurofibromatosis type 2 is a disorder characterized by the growth of noncancerous tumors in the nervous system. The most common tumors associated with neurofibromatosis ...
- Neurofibromatosis type 1 is a condition characterized by changes in skin coloring (pigmentation) and the growth of ... Beginning in early childhood, almost all people with neurofibromatosis type 1 have multiple café-au-lait spots, ...
- Neurofibromatosis 2 (NF2) is a disorder in which tumors form on the nerves of the brain and ... families. Although it has a similar name to neurofibromatosis type 1 , it is a different and separate ...
- Neurofibromatosis-1 (NF1) is an inherited disorder in which nerve tissue tumors (neurofibromas) form in the: Upper ... More information and support for people with neurofibromatosis and their families can be found at: Children's Tumor Foundation - www.ctf.org
- Neurofibromatosis Specialists (Children's Tumor Foundation)... Children’s Tumor Foundation, UAMS Open Country’s First Adult Neurofibromatosis Clinic LITTLE ROCK, AR — The Children’s Tumor Foundation ( ... Cancer Institute to Pilot Clinic for Adults with Neurofibromatosis The Children’s Tumor Foundation and the Winthrop P. ...
- Neurofibromatosis (American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus)Eye Diseases/Related Issues ... Eye Diseases ... Neurofibromatosis/Specifics ... Neurofibromatosis ... American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus ... GLOSSARY, ...
- Neurofibromatosis/Start Here ... Neurofibromatosis ... National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke ... From the National Institutes of Health ... Neurofibromatosis ...
- Neurofibromatosis/Start Here ... Neurofibromatosis ... National Human Genome Research Institute ... From the National Institutes of Health ... Neurofibromatosis is a genetic ...
- ... More than 1,000 NF1 mutations that cause neurofibromatosis type 1 have been identified. Most of these ... experience fatigue, fever, and easy bleeding or bruising. Neurofibromatosis Type 1 Protein Neurofibromatosis-related protein NF-1 ...
(National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) 