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What are the implications in individuals with unilateral vestibular schwannoma and other neurogenic tumors?
Journal of neurosurgery - 1 Jan 2008
Evans D Gareth R, Ramsden Richard T, Shenton Andrew, Gokhale Carolyn, Bowers Naomi, Huson Susan M, Wallace Andrew J
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OBJECTIVES: Individuals who develop a unilateral vestibular schwannoma (VS) and other neurogenic tumors are at high risk of having the inherited condition neurofibromatosis Type 2 (NF2). The risk of bilateral disease and transmission risk to offspring are important in surgical planning and counseling. The authors have attempted to resolve these risks. METHODS: A large NF2 dataset was interrogated for individuals...
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