Clinical manifestations of mutations in the neurofibromatosis type 2 gene in vestibular schwannomas (acoustic neuromas).

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Vestibular schwannomas (acoustic neuromas) continue to cause significant facial nerve and hearing morbidity, despite marked improvement in diagnosis and treatment. Mutation of a tumor-suppressor gene on human chromosome 22 has been found to be associated with vestibular schwannoma formation. The central hypothesis of this study is that specific mutations in the neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) gene may produce...

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