ullah+m+Neurofibromatosis

Neurofibromatosis 1 Neurofibromatosis is described by the growth of non cancerous tumors called neurofibromas. It mostly forms on or underneath skin. But it can also develop in the eye. It is caused by a gene in chromosome 17 mutating.
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In about half of all cases, a person inherits the mutated gene from a parent. Only the copy of the defective gene has to be inherited for a child to set the disorder. If a child has a parent with NF1, they have a 50 percent risk of getting the disease. The mutation is new and has likely occurred during the development of the embryo.

Most people with this disorder have well shown lait spots that are the color of coffee with milk, as well was freckles. The number of spots increase with age.
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Neurofibromatosis is diagnosed by its physical symptoms or by a family history of the disorder. It also can be diagnosed by finding the person's NF1 gene and identifying it with mutations.

There is no cure or treatment for NF1, but surgery can remove tumors and correct disformed bones. In a very few cases, the tumors become cancerous.In other cases, these tumors are removed by surgery and treated with chemotherapy or radiation to kill the cancer cells.
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The NF center was established to position Washington University as an international leader in NF1. This has been created to focus on understanding the roles of the NF series in health and disease.
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 * Neurofibromatosis was first described by <span style="color: #222222; font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Dr. Friedrich von Recklinghausen.
 * People who have NF1 may have very few neurofibromas or they may have thousands of them throughout their body.
 * It has been called Von Rechlinghausen disease for many years


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