[Effect of the sex of the progenitor on the clinical manifestations of neurofibromatosis].

Abstract excerpt

One hundred and twenty four patients with neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1) were assessed as whether the individual was a new mutation (68 cases) or born from an affected mother (27 cases) or an affected father (29 cases). For each case the clinical manifestations were recorded and the patients were grouped in four degrees of severity: minimal (1), mild (2), moderate (3) and severe (4). In the group of patients born to...

Topics

• Adolescent
• Age Factors
• Child
• Child, Preschool
• Fathers
• Humans
• Infant
• Infant, Newborn
• Mothers
• Mutation
• Neurofibromatosis 1