Neurofibromatosis Type 1: Diagnosis, Prevalence and Quality of Life

Neurofibromatosis Type 1: Diagnosis, Prevalence and Quality of Life
ISBN-10
1536196754
ISBN-13
9781536196757
Category
Medical
Pages
142
Language
English
Published
2021
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers
Author
Richard G. Morgan

Description

"This monograph includes five chapters about neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), a condition characterized by changes in skin coloring and the growth of tumors along nerves in the skin, brain, and other parts of the body. Chapter One concerns the evolving molecular biology, targeted therapeutics, and neurocognitive deficits in neurofibromatosis type one. Chapter Two focuses on gastrointestinal stromal tumors and reviews the clinicopathologic features of these tumors and discusses differential diagnostic considerations. Chapter Three explores juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia, a rare hematological malignancy of the pediatric population, and its association with NF1 and distinguishing features in this context. Chapter Four reviews molecular approaches for the diagnosis of NF1, from single-gene testing to next-generation sequencing of gene panels, with a focus on the issues of sensitivity and variant interpretations. Finally, Chapter Five focuses attention on focal cortical dysplasia that has been identified in the population of NF1 patients that have had coexistent hippocampal sclerosis"--

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