Article
[Type 2 neurofibromatosis without acoustic neuroma].
Zentralblatt fur Neurochirurgie - 1 Jan 1995
Mautner V F, Lindenau M, Köppen J, Hazim W, Kluwe L
Abstract excerpt
Bilateral vestibular schwannomas (VSs) are the hallmark of neurofibromatosis type 2 and the crucial criteria for the diagnosis of this autosomal dominant disorder according to the criteria of the National Institutes of Health Consensus Statement. We describe three patients without VSs aged 47, 52...
Topics
- Aged
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Female
- Genes, Neurofibromatosis 2
- Genetic Carrier Screening
- Genetic Markers
- Humans
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Neurofibromatosis 2
- Neurologic Examination
- Neuroma, Acoustic
- Pedigree
- Phenotype