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Renal vascular disease in neurofibromatosis type 2: association or coincidence?
Developmental medicine and child neurology - 1 Jan 2006
Cordeiro Nuno J V, Gardner Kate R, Huson Susan M, Stewart Helen, Elston John S, Howard Emma L, Tullus Kjell O, Pike Michael G
Abstract excerpt
Neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) remains a challenging diagnosis in childhood where there may be no neurological involvement. A 12-month-old male in whom NF2 was suspected because of characteristic ophthalmological and cutaneous lesions is reported. Cranial MRI showed no tumours. A pathogenic mutation was identified on NF2 gene analysis. The child developed hypertension due to renal vascular disease. Although renal...
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