A group of disorders characterized by an autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance with high rates of spontaneous mutation and multiple neurofibromas or neurilemmomas. NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1 (generalized neurofibromatosis) accounts for approximately 95% of cases, although multiple additional subtypes (e.g., NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 2, neurofibromatosis 3, etc.) have been described. (From Neurochirurgie 1998 Nov;44(4):267-72)
    

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A man (Wan Wakae) with massive pendent tumours on the left side of his face. Gouache, 18--, after Lam Qua, ca. 1838.

My new face.

The elephant man / Gordon R. Seward.

Articulating the elephant man : Joseph Merrick and his interpreters / Peter W. Graham, Fritz H. Oehlschlaeger.

A clinical, pathological, and genetic study of multiple neurofibromatosis / Frank W. Crowe ; William J. Schull ; James V. Neel.

Abstracts from papers on hydatid disease, Victoria and Tasmania as health resorts, the cause of the first heart sound, the Leirnur system, antiseptic treatment, and neuro-fibromata / by James W. Barrett.

Neurofibromatoses

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My new face.

The elephant man / Gordon R. Seward.

Articulating the elephant man : Joseph Merrick and his interpreters / Peter W. Graham, Fritz H. Oehlschlaeger.

A clinical, pathological, and genetic study of multiple neurofibromatosis / Frank W. Crowe ; William J. Schull ; James V. Neel.

Abstracts from papers on hydatid disease, Victoria and Tasmania as health resorts, the cause of the first heart sound, the Leirnur system, antiseptic treatment, and neuro-fibromata / by James W. Barrett.